xylophone

He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024

“Let’s work together to keep your account safe and protect you from fraud,” a recorded voice said, over a tinkly melody that sounded like a xylophone.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

The article paints a scene of company employees striking a metal xylophone and applauding as they jubilantly gaslight their customers.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023

They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

I hear someone playing a xylophone behind me and know that it must be Aimee.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Otherwise, as a famous Brit once sang backed by sinuous xylophones, “Baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

In fact, none other than radical composer Georges Antheil, best known for his “Ballet Mécanique,” which requires 16 player pianos, as well as a cacophony of bells, buzzers, xylophones, airplane propellers and a siren.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2017

It sounded like a hundred xylophones inside a stone tomb.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith