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One variation is played vertically and has an extendable spike that is held on a strap. The player marches with the strap over one's shoulder and plays the instrument upright with a mallet. Another variation of the bell lyre exists that is supported by a strap around the shoulders and back. This
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that were tuned with a drumstick. The bells were replaced by metal sound plates in the 17th century. In the 18th century the instrument was played using a keyboard that struck the bottom of each plate with a hammer. The use of mallets evolved during the 19th century, coinciding with
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In the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, a form of glockenspiel is called a bell lyre, bell lyra, or lyra-glockenspiel. The bell lyre is a form of glockenspiel commonly used in
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variation is played horizontally with two mallets. Since the middle of the 19th century this form has been used in military and civil bands in Germany, where it is called a
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From 1918 to 1932, J.C. Deagan, Inc. manufactured bells equipped with a resonator under the name Parsifal bells. Both
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in the Philippines uses this as a main instrument. This form of glockenspiel is also popular in
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and sounds two octaves above the written pitch, though this is sometimes remedied by using an
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Larger sets of glockenspiel (i.e., sets three octaves or larger) are often equipped with a
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Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians
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Early glockenspiels were percussion instruments that produced notes via small bronze
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Many marching bands stopped using bell lyres with the introduction of the
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model their professional-grade glockenspiels on the Deagan design.
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This article is about the musical instrument. For other uses, see
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The glockenspiel is sometimes erroneously referred to as a
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The glockenspiel is played by striking the bars with
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A glockenspiel made around 1910 in Leipzig, Germany
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Index

Bell lyre
Glockenspiel (disambiguation)

Percussion instrument
Classification
Keyboard percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
Playing range

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keyboard glockenspiel
Sound of a glockenspiel
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