Pien ch'ing

Pien ch'ing lithophone of China, consisting of 16 sonorous, L-shaped stone slabs (*t'e ch'ing) of identical lengths and widths but of different thicknesses, suspended in 2 rows of 8 each from a large rectangular frame. The upper row contains the male semitones, the lower row the female. The number of stones varied with the dynasties. The pien ch'ing is struck with hammers (89, 170). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London…