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xylophone, chimes, marimbas, drums and ride cymbals under certain circumstances, timpani, and many other percussion instruments can use the hammer/mallet to play it. Technically, the piano use hammers on the strings to produce sound, and the harpiscord plucks at the strings, but it is categorized as a string instrument.

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