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2. Tintinnabulum (ancient Rome) - Wikipedia

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   A bronze polyphallic tintinnabulum of Mercury from Pompeii: the missing bells were attached to each tip (Naples Museum). Tintinnabulum depicting a man struggling with his phallus as a raging beast (1st century BC, Naples Museum) In ancient Rome, a tintinnabulum (less often tintinnum) [1] was a wind chime or assemblage of bells.

3. Wind chime - Wikipedia

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   A metal wind chime. Wind chimes are a type of percussion instrument constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells, or other objects that are often made of metal or wood.The tubes or rods are suspended along with some type of weight or surface which the tubes or rods can strike when they or another wind-catching surface are blown by the natural movement of air outside.

4. Altar bell - Wikipedia

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   Altar bells (missing one bell), with cross-shaped handle Altar bells Sanctus bells Mid-1900s three-tiered bell at the museum of Manaoag Basilica. In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, an altar bell (also Mass bell, sacring bell, Sacryn bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, or sanctus bell [1]) is typically a small hand-held bell or set of bells.

5. Chime (bell instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Eight-bell chime in its frame (McShane Bell Foundry, Maryland).Note that the bottom bells are static-chimes, and the top bell is also hung for swing-chiming on its own. A chime (/ ˈ t ʃ aɪ m /) or set of chimes is a carillon-like instrument, i.e. a pitched percussion instrument consisting of 22 or fewer bells.

6. Fūrin - Wikipedia

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   The origins of fūrin are believed to be from the Chinese Tang Dynasty when metal wind chimes were hung in bamboo forests and used to tell fortunes. [1] [3] The word fūrin was first used in Japan during the Heian period when they were hung from eaves, particularly at Buddhist temples, as talismans to ward off evil spirits. [1]

7. Korean wind chime - Wikipedia

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   A wind chime at Bongeunsa, with fish decoration. Dragon's head with bell, Metropolitan Museum of Art.. Korean wind chimes (Korean: 풍경, romanized: punggyeong, lit. 'wind bell') are various traditional bells hung from the exterior corners of Korean Buddhist temples, and functioning as a wind chime.