Noun
vibraphone (plural vibraphones)
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
I like the sparkle of the vibraphone. Evelyn Glennie
I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets. Gary Burton
It is also the key to the "mellow" sound of the vibraphone (and marimba, which uses the same deep arch) compared with the xylophone, which uses a shallower arch, and the glockenspiel, which has no arch at all. Source: Internet
I never counted, but you’ve got the guitar from “Getting Better,” you’ve got the vibraphone from “Penny Lane”—it runs the gamut. Source: Internet
Joel grew up learning the drums alongside his twin brother, Josh, at the knee of their godfather, switching to the vibraphone only reluctantly after Josh snagged the drum chair in their middle school band. Source: Internet
Bartos also used a Deagan vibraphone on stage. Source: Internet