XYLOPHONE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Xylophone

... of different lengths, exactly like the Xylophone. They are called Marimbas, balafongs and ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay

... looking out of the windows, they saw a skeleton stalking around in quick and angry strides, like those of a person looking for something. But how could that be when the skeleton had neither eyes nor a place to carry them? It thrashed its bony arms impatiently and its ribs rattled like a xylophone. The spectators were transfixed with fear, all except the culprit, who said, through the window, in a matter-of-fact way, "I left your head on the pole at the back door." The skeleton started in that direction, seized the skull, clapped it into the place where a head should have grown on its own ...

— Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner