bell

percussion musical instrument
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bell

Summary

bell is a family of musical instruments[1]. bell draws 1,266 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #8 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • bell's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[3].
  • bell's manufacturer is recorded as bell founder[4].
  • bell is a type of percussion vessel[5].
  • bell is a type of work of art[6].
  • bell is part of MIMO's classification of musical instruments[7].
  • bell is part of Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[8].
  • bell is part of bell tower[9].
  • bell is part of carillon[10].
  • bell is part of steeple[11].
  • bell is part of belfry[12].
  • bell's Commons category is recorded as Bells[13].
  • bell's Unicode character is recorded as 🔔[14].
  • bell comprises clapper[15].
  • bell comprises crown[16].
  • bell comprises yoke[17].
  • bell comprises head[18].
  • bell comprises shoulder[19].
  • bell comprises waist[20].
  • bell comprises sound ring[21].
  • bell comprises lip[22].
  • bell comprises mouth[23].
  • bell comprises bead line[24].
  • bell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bells (percussion)[25].
  • bell's Commons gallery is recorded as Bell[26].
  • bell's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/27[27].

Body

Definition and Type

bell's instance of is recorded as family of musical instruments[3]. Recorded subclass of include percussion vessel[5] and work of art[6].

Use and Application

Components include clapper[15], crown[16], yoke[17], head[18], shoulder[19], and waist[20]. Part of include MIMO's classification of musical instruments[7], a musical instrument classification[28]; Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[8]; bell tower[9], a type of building[29]; carillon[10], a type of musical instrument[30]; steeple[11]; and belfry[12], in France[31]. bell's used by is recorded as bell-ringer[32].

Influence

Things named for bell include campanile[33], a type of building[34]; Stone Bell House[35], an art gallery[36], in Czech Republic[37], founded in 1300[38]; and Bell Island[39], an island[40], in Russia[41].

Why It Matters

bell draws 1,266 Wikipedia views per month (family_of_musical_instruments category, ranking #8 of 55).[2] bell has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] bell is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for bell include campanile[33], a type of building[34]; Stone Bell House[35], an art gallery[36], in Czech Republic[37], founded in 1300[38]; and Bell Island[39], an island[40], in Russia[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Manufacturer
    Topic's main category Category:Bells (percussion)
    Subclass of percussion vessel, work of art
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283278905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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