anvil
| Orchestral percussion instrument that imitates the sound of a blacksmith's anvil, but is constructed of small steel bars struck by a mallet of wood or metal. It can be so made as to produce notes of definite pitch, as in Wagner's opera Das Rheingold, but is usually indeterminate in pitch. |
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