Every Treasure Tells a Story: The Orchestral Set of Marquis Yi of Zeng

The Orchestral Set of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Zenghouyi) is the name given to an ancient musical instrument of bell set(Bianzhong) unearthed in 1978 in the Zenghouyi Tomb in Sui county, Hubei province, China. The bianzhong are hung on two sets of wooden racks. One rack is 7.48 meters (24.5 ft) long and 2.65 meters (8 ft 8 in) wide. The other rack is 3.35 meters (11.0 ft) long and 2.73 meters (8 ft 11 in) wide. The two racks are perpendicular to each other.Each bell can play two tones with three degrees’ interval between them. The tonal range of Zenghouyi Bells is from C2 to D7. In the middle area of the tonal range, it can play all twelve half tones.

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