The chime-bell, cast with bronze, is a member of the percussion instrument family in ancient China. It consists of oval bells in different sizes arranged to the order of the pitch, which are hung on a ...

No musical instruments have been more intimately connected with the daily life of the great mass of men than hells. Our factories, schools, ships, houses, churches, all require them. Indeed, they have ...

When it comes to making music, there are really only a few ways to create the tones needed — pluck something, blow into something, or hit something. But where does that leave this dry-ice powered ...

WUHAN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- As a 2,400-year-old set of bronze chime bells in central China was recently been inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, scholars and cultural custodians, ...

As repairs continue within the Altgeld Chime Tower, the chimes player’s program has been preparing for the tower’s indefinite reopening. Associate Provost for Capital Planning Matthew Tomaszewski ...