Metallophone Metallophone 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 in Asia for thousands of years. There are several different types used in Balinese and Javanese 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: they have two rows of bars, in an imitation of the piano keyboard, and are tuned to the chromatic
Metal Hammer Monsters of Rock Festival. Harry Doherty, formerly of "Melody Maker", became the launch editor of the English-language "Metal Hammer", also producing the "Metal Hammer" TV show on satellite television. He left to found the video magazine "Hard'n'Heavy", before being asked back by Wigginghaus to take over all the European issues of "Metal Hammer" and other associated magazines, such as "Rock World". In association with Picture Music International, the video arm of EMI Records, Doherty also launched the "Metal Hammer Video Magazine", in direct competition with his earlier creation, "Hard'n'Heavy". Doherty left after a management dispute with Wigginghaus. Harry Doherty's original