this piece looked like a bunch of rusty old bells. let me tell you, it's more than a bunch of rusty old bells.
the precision of bianzhong(编钟）is amazing. they are pretty and huge. each bell can produce 2 distinct pitches from striking 2 different location; the primary pitch produced at the centre of the striking area, the secondary pitch near the left and right corner. the secondary pitch is usually minor or major third higher, giving a full chromatic range. there are 3 types of bells; first the suspended slantingly leaf-shaped cross sections, concave mouths and shanks on their crowns; second the suspended vertically bells of the same shaped with suspension loops; and a huge vertically suspended bell with elliptical cross section and flat mouth. each bell has suspension ring and clusters of 9 knobs.
amazing isn't it?
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