Pa-vil′lon-chi-nois′.
(Music.) An instrument having a number of small bells in a frame, which is agitated by striking the staff on the ground. It is especially used in marching music. Bells, high and low, are used in military music, and occasionally for dramatic effects in operas. The glockcnspcil is an instrument in which bells are rung by keys; in one case bars of steel are substituted for bells. Gongs and triangles are but forms of bells.