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Chapter 444: A Thousand Drums and Hundred Bells
On the blueprint in front of Zhu Qinan, there was an extremely complicated but clear mechanical structure.

Clocks of different sizes are densely packed, hanging on well-designed brackets.

There are round bells and flat bells.

There are twelve round bells below. According to the data marked above, the largest one has a diameter of more than 3 meters, a height of 5 meters, and a weight of 26 tons. It can emit C2 bass.

Of the twelve round bells, the smallest one is more than 2 meters high and can emit the sound of B2.

Then, there are as many as 45 flat bells.

There are round bells all over the world, but the flat bell is a unique shape of Chinese chime bells, because the harmonic division of round clocks is difficult to attenuate. For example, the overtones of the Yongle bell can ring for several minutes. It doesn't stop, so you can't play music.

The flat bell used in chime bells is in the shape of a "composite tile", like two tiles joined together, its cross section is oval, once it is struck, the sound will soon decay due to the shape , will not echo for a long time.

According to the experimental measurement, after 0.5 seconds after striking the tile-shaped chime, all the high-frequency harmonics disappear, and the fundamental tone also begins to attenuate. After one second, the fundamental tone also disappears by most of it.Therefore, if it is used to play more soothing music, it can be used to listen to it.

These 45 chimes, each of which is a double tone of a bell, cover about six octaves, from C3 directly to B8.

12 huge round bells, 45 flat bells, and a total of 57 copper bells of different sizes are densely packed and arranged on a square bracket, using every minute of space in an orderly manner, covering 7 Octave range.

And on that bracket, there are many but very simple mechanical striking devices.

A lever is fixed near the striking point of the copper bell. One end of the lever is a mallet or metal mallet of different materials, which is a few centimeters away from the bell body; A cable is hung on the wheel set above, as long as the cable is slightly pulled, the mallet will knock down, and it will automatically open when it is released.

And all these cables, brought together by a set of pulleys, are connected to a huge "keyboard".

Each "key" of this keyboard is a thick and long wooden stick, arranged in two rows up and down according to the black and white keys.

And there are two octaves of bass, which are connected to the pedals under the feet at the same time.

This is a "qin" made of bells! (Note)

The Hundred Bells!

The moment Zhu Qinan saw the design drawing, he understood it.

This design is so simple!
All mechanical structures can be designed by anyone who has studied physics in junior high school.

But it's so complicated.

57 clocks of different sizes and shapes fill every space in the limited space, just enough to be accommodated in the bell tower.

And nearly a hundred cables criss-crossed in the air like a spider web, like the messy threads of fate, but finally gathered together and connected to the keyboard like the "loom of fate".

In this world, no matter how complicated things are, they are also the repeated combinations of the simplest things.

Just like the hundred bells in front of you.

Every structure is so simple and elegant.

Together, they are so complex, precise, beautiful, and elegant, full of an indescribable sense of order.

Anyone can see what it does the moment they see the blueprint.

It's an instrument!A musical instrument that manipulates dozens of giant clocks with one hand!

For a long time, when playing chime bells, all chime bell bands in China have to be struck by many people together.

But how can the cooperation of many people compare to the performance of one person?
If there is a way for one person to control these dozens of bells and make wonderful music...

If you have such an instrument, you can play it for yourself...

At this moment, Zhu Qinan could not help imitating the scene of himself sitting in front of this "keyboard" and playing the "Hundred Bells" in his mind!

His hands swayed subconsciously, as if he was tapping on the non-existent "Hundred Bells" with his thoughts.

When one day, the Qin of Hundred Bells will be installed in the bell tower...

One day, the melodious sound of the bronze bell echoes over the city through thousands of years.

One day, he was sitting in front of the keyboard, dancing and playing music like the stars and the Milky Way. When he was so excited, he stepped on his left foot suddenly, and the biggest bell buzzed...

"Om~~~~"

The deep bell, through the clouds, through the hustle and bustle, through the city and the city, mountains and rivers, through the sky and the earth, the stars and the moon...

And the "keyboard" that is completely mechanically manipulated can provide the most immediate and subtle feedback, just as the technology has been so advanced that the electric piano still cannot replace the feedback and control provided by the piano itself.

Press lightly to make a light sound, and step heavily to make a heavy sound.

As long as the control ability of the body is strong, there can be countless changes in the strength of the sound. It can shake the whole city, or it can be as slight as a mosquito.

The expressive capabilities of such an instrument are simply endless!
When sitting in front of such a keyboard, the feeling of being in control, of connecting yourself to a huge musical machine...

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle with excitement and goosebumps all over my body!
Zhu Qinan looked at it obsessively for a long time, opened the first page, and looked at the second page, this time it was even clearer.

Just now it was the bell, this is the drum!

Numerous drums of different sizes are fixed on various supports.

Just the super big drum that Gu Xiaobai used on stage before has as many as six sides!
Other drums of various sizes and lengths are densely packed.

And this time it was played, in addition to the keyboard, it also specially set up something like a console.

Joysticks of different shapes are distributed around the body, controlled by the touch of hands, feet, elbows, knees and even the head. It is conceivable that when sitting there, you can not only use your hands, but also use the joints of your whole body to operate and ring. Various rhythms.

Use hands and feet together, mobilize the whole body, when playing to the fullest, the body swings, and the rhythm plays with the swing of the body, what will it look like.

Open the third one...

This is a two-in-one console, located in a control room between the bell tower and the drum tower, respectively controlling the bell tower and the drum tower, which are more than 300 meters away.

All the ropes are brought together through the pulley block and through a rope pipe. In the front is the double-row keyboard that combines the glockenspiel and the drum.

When someone sits in this position, one person can manipulate two huge music machines to play the most magnificent and greatest music in the world.

Is this some kind of musical instrument?This is simply the Gundam of musical instruments!The behemoth of the musical instrument!Star Warships in Instruments!
I want an instrument like this!

I want!
At this moment, Zhu Qinan couldn't imagine how Deng Shunyang refused such a design!

Sure enough, because he is only a scientist, but not a musician!

No, he is more like a science businessman now, he has no more dreams!

"Make it, Xiaobai! Make it!"

"I'll do the structural design and acoustic design of the building!"

At this moment, Zhu Qinan had completely rebelled.

As for his teacher Deng Shunyang...

What is Deng Shunyang?Can I eat it?
(Note: When I first imagined this musical instrument, I considered whether there would be similar musical instruments. After searching a lot of information, I found out that there is a musical instrument called Carillon. Like the organ, it is a super-large religious instrument that can be translated. "Carillon", but in China "carillon" is another musical instrument. Because Carillon uses a round bell, the sounds will actually be mixed...)
(End of this chapter)