Keyboard Instruments Ranges and Mallets

Bells or Glockenspiel bar type

Steel bars (sometimes aluminum)

Glockenspiel Transposing

sounds two octaves higher tahn written

Glockenspiel resonators

usually none

Glockenspiel mallet types

brass, lexan, polyball, hard rubber

Glockenspiel range

G3 to C6

Xylophone Bar type

Rosewood or Synthetic

Xylophone Transposing

sounds one octave higher than written

Xylophone resonators

has

Xylophone mallets

lexan, polyball, rubber

Xylophone range

F3-C7

Marimba bar type

Rosewood or Synthetic

Marimba transposing

sounds as written

Marimba resonators

has

Marimba mallets

yarn, soft to medium rubber

Marimba range

A2-C7

Vibraphone bar type

Metal aluminum

Vibraphone transposing

Sounds as written

Resonators

Has resonators with paddles or fans run by a motor to create a vibrato effect

Vibraphone has a pedal for…

dampening

Vibraphone mallets

yarn, cord, soft to medium rubber

Vibraphone range

F3 to F6

Chimes have…

steel tubes

Chimes transposing

Sounds one octave higher than written page

Chimes have a pedal for…

dampening

Chimes are also called…

tubular bells

Chimes mallets

rawhide or acrylic hammers

Written chime range

C4 to F5