Glockenspiel vs. Marimba — What's the Difference?

The glockenspiel (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔkənˌʃpiːl] or [ˈɡlɔkŋ̍ˌʃpiːl], Glocken: bells and Spiel: Play) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone, although the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone.

The marimba () is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with yarn or rubber mallets to produce musical tones. Resonators or pipes are suspended underneath the bars to amplify their sound.

A percussion instrument with a series of metal bars tuned to the chromatic scale and played with two light hammers.

A large wooden percussion instrument with resonators, resembling a xylophone.

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

(musical instrument) A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.

An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.

A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets