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CARILLON LAMES [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

An instrument composed of a series of tuned steel bars of varying length ... arranged in two rows, roughly like a piano keyboard, and struck with two, three, or four small-headed mallets of rubber, glass, brass, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

Le glockenspiel actuel se compose d'une série de lames d'acier ou de métal doux [...] disposées dans un étui portatif. Elles reposent sur des isolateurs de feutre et sont accordées chromatiquement. On frappe sur les lames avec des maillets [...] de bronze ou de caoutchouc durci (ébonite).

Spanish

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