The glockenspiel has become a staple of the orchestra as well, and, as such, has had many important and difficult parts written for it. Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice as well as Respighi's Pini di Roma are both extremely common excerpts on audition lists.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Lefima manufactures a glockenspiel with a damper based on the hi-hat system known in drum-sets. The bars are made from light-weight metal. The Lefima glockenspiel is an easy to transport instrument which fulfills the high demands of brass bands playing concert music at the same time.