On the design drawing in front of Zhu Qinan, it is an extremely complex but self-explanatory mechanical structure.

Bells of various sizes, densely packed, are suspended on elaborate stands.

There are round bells, and there are flat bells.

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

The smallest of the twelve bells, the smallest of which is more than 2 meters high, can produce B2 sounds.

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 chimes, because the round bell, the harmonic division is difficult to attenuate, such as the Yongle bell, its overtone can ring for several minutes, after playing, it does not stop for a long time, so it can not play music.

The flat bell used on the chime is in the shape of "shingles", like two tiles together, its cross-section is oval, once struck, because of the shape, the sound will quickly attenuate, will not reverberate for a long time.

According to the experimental measurement, after 0.5 seconds after the strike, all the high-frequency harmonics of the chime in the shape of the tile disappear, and the fundamental tone also begins to decay, and most of the fundamental tone disappears after one second. So, if it's used to play soothing music, it's already ready to be listened to.

Each of the 45 chimes is a double tone, covering about six octaves, from C3 to B8.

12 huge round bells, 45 flat bells, a total of 57 bronze bells of different sizes, densely arranged on square brackets, orderly use of every minute of space, covering a 7-octave range.

And on that stand, there are also numerous but very simple mechanical striking devices.

A lever is fixed near the striking point of the bell, one end of the lever is a mallet or metal mallet of different materials, a few centimeters away from the body of the bell;

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

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

And there are two octave basses, which are connected to the pedal at the foot at the same time.

This is a "harp" made of bells!

A Hundred Bells!

The moment he saw this design drawing, Zhu Qinan understood.

It's so simple!

All mechanical structures can be designed by anyone who has studied physics in junior high school.

But it's so complicated.

The 57 bells of different sizes and shapes fill every space in the limited space at different heights, just enough to fit into the bell tower.

Nearly 100 cables crisscrossed the air like spider webs, like chaotic threads of fate, but finally converged together and connected to the keyboard like the "loom of fate".

In this world, no matter how complex things are, they are also the most simple things that are constantly repeated and combined.

Just like the 100-bell harp in front of you.

Each structure is so simple and elegant.

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

Anyone who sees this design can see what it does.

It's a musical instrument! a musical instrument that operates dozens of giant bells by one man!

For a long time, all chime bands in the country have to have many people strike together when playing chimes.

But how can the cooperation of many people compare to the performance of one person?

If there is a way to let one person control these dozens of bells and make beautiful music......

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

At this moment, Zhu Qinan has involuntarily simulated in his mind the picture of sitting in front of this "keyboard" and playing this "Hundred Bell Piano"!

His hands subconsciously swayed slightly, as if he was striking on the non-existent "Hundred Bell Lyre" with his mind.

One day, the 100-bell harp was 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 sat in front of the keyboard, dancing with his hands, playing music like the stars and the Milky Way, and when he was in the mood, his left foot suddenly stepped on it, and the largest bell buzzed......

"Buzz~~~~"

The low sound of the bell pierces through the clouds, through the hustle and bustle, through the city and the city, the mountains and the river, through the sky and the earth, the stars and the moon......

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

Press lightly and sound softly, and step hard to sound again.

As long as the limbs are controlled, there can be a myriad of changes in the intensity of sounds, which can shake the whole city, or it can be as slight as a mosquito.

With such an instrument, the expressiveness is simply endless!

When sitting in front of a keyboard like this, you feel like you're in control, connecting yourself to a huge music machine......

Just thinking about it, I'm already so excited that my scalp is numb, and goosebumps all over my body are up!

Zhu Qinan looked obsessively for a long time, opened the first page, and looked at the second page, this time it was even clearer.

It's a bell, it's a drum!

Numerous drums of various sizes are fixed to various brackets.

Just the kind of super drum that Gu Xiaobai used on the stage before, there are as many as six sides!

Other drums of various sizes and lengths are even denser.

And this time, in addition to the keyboard, there is also a special thing 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, so you can imagine that when you sit there, you can not only use your hands, but also use the joints of your whole body to manipulate and beat various rhythms.

Use your hands and feet at the same time, mobilize your whole body, and when you play to the hearty, your body swings, and the rhythm resonates with the swing of your body.

Open the third one......

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

All the ropes, through a single rope pipe, are brought together by a block of pulleys, with a double row of keyboards in front of the glockenspiel and the drum, the bass part of the glockenspiel at the feet, and part of the lever of the drumpiel wrapped around the side.

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

Is this a musical instrument? It's a Gundam in a musical instrument, a berserk behemoth in a musical instrument, a starship in a musical instrument!

I want an instrument like this!

I want to!

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

Sure enough, because he's just a scientist, but not a musician!

No, he's more of a science businessman now, he has no more dreams!

"Make it, Xiaobai!"

"I'm going to do the structural and acoustic design of the building!"

At this moment, Zhu Qinan has completely rebelled.

As for his teacher, Deng Shunyang......

What is Deng Shunyang? Can you eat it?

(Note: When I first conceived this instrument, I considered whether there would be a similar instrument, and I found out a lot of information, and later found that there is a musical instrument called Carillon, which, like the pipe organ, is a super-large religious instrument that can be translated as "carillon", but in China "carillon" is another instrument.) Carillon was using a round clock, so the sounds were actually mixed together...... ）