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GLOCKENSPIEL, or ORCHESTRAL BELLS (Fr. See also:carillon; Ger. Glockenspiel, Stahlharmonika; Ital. carnpanelli; Med. See also:Lat. tintinnabulum, cymbalum, bombulum) , an See also:instrument of percussion of definite musical See also:pitch, used in the See also:orchestra, and made in two or three different styles. The See also:oldest See also:form of glockenspiel, seen in illuminated See also:MSS. of the See also:middle ages, consists of a set of bells mounted on a See also:frame and played by one performer by means of See also:steel hammers. The name " See also:bell is now generally a misnomer, other forms of See also:metal or See also:wood having been found more convenient. The See also:pyramid-shaped glockenspiel, formerly used in the orchestra for See also:simple rhythmical effects, consists of an See also:octave of semitone, hemispherical bells, placed one above the other and fastened to an See also:iron See also:rod which passes through the centre of each, the bells being of graduated sizes and diminishing in See also:diameter as the pitch rises. The See also:lyre-shaped glockenspiel, or steel See also:harmonica (Stahlharmonika), is a newer See also:model, which has instead of bells twelve or more bars of steel, graduating in See also:size according to their pitch. These bars are fastened horizontally across two bars of steel set perpendicularly in a steel frame in the shape of a lyre. The bars are struck by little steel hammers attached to See also:whalebone sticks. See also:Wagner has used the glockenspiel with exquisite See also:judgment in the See also:fire See also:scene of the last See also:act of See also:Die Walkiire and in the peasants' waltz in' the last scene of Die See also:Meistersinger. When chords are written for the glockenspiel, as in See also:Mozart's Magic See also:Flute, the keyed harmonica' is used. It consists of a See also:keyboard having a little See also:hammer attached to each See also:key, which strikes a See also:bar of See also:glass or steel when the key is depressed.

The performer, being able to use both hands, can See also:

play a See also:melody with full harmonies, See also:scale and See also:arpeggio passages in single and See also:double notes. A peal of hemispherical bells was specially constructed for See also:Sir See also:Arthur See also:Sullivan's See also:Golden See also:Legend. It consists of four bells constructed of bell-metal about I in. thick, the largest measuring 27 in. in diameter, the smallest 23. They are fixed on a stand one above the other, with a clearance of about 4 in. between them; the rim of the lowest and largest bell is 15 in. from the See also:foot of the stand. The bells are struck by mallets, which are of two kinds—a pair of hard wood for forte passages, and a pair covered See" The Keyed Harmonica improved by H. See also:Klein of See also:Pressburg,' See also:article in the Allg. musik. Ztg., Bd. i. pp. 675-699 (See also:Leipzig, 1798) also See also:Becker, p. 254, Bartel. I23 turns over and floats belly upwards, See also:driving before the See also:wind and waves. Many of these fishes are highly poisonous when eaten, and fatal accidents have occurred from this cause. It appears that they acquire poisonous qualities from their See also:food, which frequently consists of decomposing or poisonous See also:animal See also:matter, such as would impart, and often does impart, similar with See also:wash-See also:leather for piano effects.

The peal was unique at the See also:

time it was made for the Golden Legend, but a smaller bell of the same shape, } in. thick, with a diameter measuring about 16 in., specially made for the performance of See also:Liszt's St See also:Elizabeth, when conducted by the composer in See also:London, evidently suggested the See also:idea for the peal. (K.

End of Article: GLOCKENSPIEL, or ORCHESTRAL BELLS (Fr. carillon; Ger. Glockenspiel, Stahlharmonika; Ital. carnpanelli; Med. Lat. tintinnabulum, cymbalum, bombulum)

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