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What is a vibraphone?

What is a vibraphone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
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A marimba also is essentially a set of wooden bars, while the glockenspiel and vibraphone involve metal bars.
Beneath it, there's a sense that the ever-present vibraphone and glockenspiel are tapping out a secret language.
Jazz giant Gerry Mulligan and vibraphone supremo Gary Burton have both recorded albums with the maestro.
He began playing the guitar and cuatro at 14, and later mastered the vibraphone and the harmonica, which became one of his signature sounds.
The haunting sounds of a bowed vibraphone, water gong, bass drum and temple bowls are heard throughout this section.
Feldman scored it for an ensemble consisting of doubled woodwind quartet, brass septet, string quartet, and a trio of harp, piano, and vibraphone.

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