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[[Image:Xylophone.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sketch of a simple xylophone from the 1800s]]
[[Image:Xylophone.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sketch of a simple xylophone from the 1800s]]
The '''xylophone''' is a percussion instrument consisting of wooden bars, graduated by pitch and length, which are struck with hard-headed “beaters”. There are hollow metal tubes below the bars to act as resonators. It is much like the [[glockenspiel]] from which it differs in having wooden instead of metal bars, which give it a less bell-like tone.
The '''xylophone''' is a percussion instrument consisting of wooden bars, graduated by pitch and length, which are struck with hard-headed “beaters”. There are hollow metal tubes below the bars to act as resonators. It is much like the [[glockenspiel]] from which it differs in having wooden instead of metal bars, which give it a less bell-like tone.