Bell chime

Bell chime a set of bells tuned to various pitches, by extension also a set of *tubular bells. The difference between chime and *carillon is merely one of compass, any set of more than 1½- or 2-oct. compass being considered a carillon. Bell chimes are Bronze Age counterparts of neolithic *lithophones, according to Sachs, and are not confined to Europe: ancient China had sets of bells struck on the inside by a clapper or from the outside with a hammer. The European bell chime appears in the 9th…