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A lone figure at a party reflects that the rest of the revelers don't know that "xylophones" with metal bars are actually glockenspiels.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

A xylophone has wooden bars.

A marimba is a xylophone with resonator tubes.

A glockenspiel is a xylophone with metal bars.

A metal marimba is a marimba with metal bars (or a glockenspiel with resonator tubes).

A vibraphone is a metal marimba with a motor spinning a disc inside the resonators which can create a vibrato and it has a damper (sustain pedal).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

oooh I see, thanks for that clarification :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No, vibraphone is the setting that discretely lets you know someone is calling you without annoying everyone around you.