Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. 'sound of wood') is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets.
The xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον ( xúlon) 'wood', and φωνή ( phōnḗ) 'sound, voice' lit.
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