Lithophones

thumb|1906 postcard of a lithophone played in Luray Caverns, Virginia thumb|Lithophone sculpture in Schloss Freudenberg

thumb|333px|A Russian monk playing a semantron

The bianqing (; ; ) is a traditional Chinese percussion instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes known as qing, played melodically. The chimes were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Along with the bronze bells called bianzhong, they were an important instrument in China's ritual and court music going back to ancient times.

solenoid percussion instrument