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#88123
11/30/2002 2:20 PM
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glockenspiel
n.
5Ger < glocke, a bell (see CLOCK1) + spiel, play6 a percussion instrument with chromatically tuned, flat metal bars set in a frame, that produce bell-like tones when struck with small hammers
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#88124
11/30/2002 2:28 PM
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I believe the original glockenspiel refers to those old city-center clocks in medieval European towns that feature (usually) human figures that come out on the hour, dance around and often beat on bells or something and then recede behind closed doors until the chiming of the next hour.
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#88125
11/30/2002 2:38 PM
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Very cool, AnnaS! Hope what you wrote is true. Great story to tell my bambinos.
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#88127
11/30/2002 3:35 PM
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In Munich, in the Marienplatz is a chuch clock with glockenspiel Here is a picture and info. http://glockenspiel-usa.com/gworld13.htm
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#88129
11/30/2002 4:54 PM
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Well, my stars! Learn somethin' new every day, and this is a delightful thing to know.
I remember a Carol Burnett skit in which the glockenspiel characters beat up on each other. Ha!
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