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celesta

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Noun
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ce=les=ta

CIDE DICTIONARY

celestan. 
     a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

celesta, n. Mus. a small keyboard instrument resembling a glockenspiel, with hammers striking steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.

Etymology
pseudo-L f. F c{eacute}leste: see CELESTE

THESAURUS

celesta

battery, bells, bones, castanets, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone

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