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Generally speaking, a metallophone is any Musical Instrument consisting of tuned Metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a Mallet . Metallophones have been used in music for hundreds of years. There are several different types used in Bali nese and Java nese Gamelan ensembles, including the Gendér , Gangsa and Saron . These instruments have a single row of bars, tuned to the distinctive Pelog or Slendro scales, or a subset of them. The Western Glockenspiel and Vibraphone are also metallophones - these have two rows of bars, in an imitation of the Piano keyboard, and are tuned to the Chromatic Scale . In music of the 20th century and beyond, the word ''metallophone'' is sometimes applied specifically to a single row of metal bars suspended over a resonator box. Metallophones tuned to the Diatonic Scale are often used in School s; Carl Orff used diatonic metallophones in several of his pieces, including his pedagogical '' Schulwerk ''. Metallophones with Microtonal Tunings are used in Iannis Xenakis ' ''Pléïades'' and in the music of Harry Partch . LIST OF METALLOPHONES
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