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2. Bianzhong - Wikipedia

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   China is the earliest country to manufacture and use musical chimes. They are also called chime bells. [1] These sets of chime bells were used as polyphonic musical instruments and some of these bells have been dated at between 2,000 and 3,600 years old. They were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet.

3. 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.

4. Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng - Wikipedia

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   Zenghouyi Bells. The Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng (simplified Chinese: 曾侯乙编钟; traditional Chinese: 曾侯乙編鐘; pinyin: Zēnghóuyǐ Biānzhōng), or Zenghouyi Bells, is the name given to an ancient musical instrument made of bells (called bianzhong) unearthed in 1978 in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Leigudun Community (擂鼓墩社区), Nanjiao Subdistrict (南郊街道 ...

5. Tubular bells - Wikipedia

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   Tubular bells can be used as church bells, such as at St. Alban's Anglican Church in Copenhagen, Denmark. [5] These were donated by Charles, Prince of Wales. Tubular bells are also used in longcase clocks, particularly because they produce a louder sound than gongs and regular chime-rods and therefore could be heard more easily.

6. 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.

7. 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.