The ranat kaeo (, ) is a crystallophone consisting of struck glass bars of varying length, used in the classical music of Thailand. It is usually played with a soft padded mallet.
Related instruments Xylophone: an array of wooden bars of various lengths, struck. Greek for "wood sound"; "xylo" is Greek for "wood" and "phone" is Greek for "sound" Lithophone: an array of rocks... "litho" is Greek for "rock". Pagophone: an array of ice bars... "pago" is Greek for "ice".
External links "Glass Xylophone", PBSKids.org. Accessed: February 4, 2017.