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Template:Sister project Chimes are a percussion instrument, sets of bells in varying pitches.

These include:

Chime (bell instrument), an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard
Cymbalum or cymbala, word from which chimes derives, used for Greek and medieval instruments
Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours
Bar chimes (also known as "mark tree"), a series of many small chimes of decreasing length, arranged horizontally
Bianzhong, chime bell sets from China, oldest sets are about 2,000 and 3,600 years old
Carillon, larger set of tower-mounted bells, played musically
Chime bars, individual instruments similar to glockenspiel bars but with resonators
Gong chime, wracks of pot-gongs, traditional to Southeast Asia
Lithophone or stone chimes, musical instruments made of rock
Tubular bells, orchestral instrument, modern chimes in the form of metal tubes
Wind chime or Aeolian chime, suspended bells sounded when blown together by the wind
Handchimes, an instrument that is rung by hand, similar to handbells.

Chime or chimes may also refer to:

Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, a radio telescope
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the professional organization for chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders
CHIME syndrome, a rare combination of congenital birth defects

Chime (film), a 2024 Japanese film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Chime (novel), a 2011 young adult novel by Franny Billingsley
Chime (video game), released in 2010
Chimes (Gavrilin), a Russian-language choral work by Valery Gavrilin that premiered in 1984
Chimes, a magical force that paradoxically destroys magic in the novel Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

Chime (company), an American financial technology company
Chime, the rim of a barrel, one at each end
Macintosh startup chime, the sound a Macintosh computer makes on startup
MDL Chime, a plugin used by web browsers to display the 3D structure of molecules
Warning chime, a sound used in machinery or computers to alert users of a dangerous condition, error, completion of a process, etc.

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 * "Chimes", song by [[Sekret Sekret]] Virgin, Devlin	 	 1984
 * "Chimes", song by [[The Shan-Dells]]	K. Branoff, C. Jones 1966 -->
-=== Other music ===
-* [[Chimes (Gavrilin)|''Chimes'' (Gavrilin)]], a Russian-language choral work by Valery Gavrilin that premiered in 1984
 === Other arts, entertainment, and media ===
+* [[Chime (film)|''Chime'' (film)]], a 2024 Japanese film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
 * [[Chime (novel)|''Chime'' (novel)]], a 2011 young adult novel by Franny Billingsley
 * [[Chime (video game)|''Chime'' (video game)]], released in 2010
+* [[Chimes (Gavrilin)|''Chimes'' (Gavrilin)]], a Russian-language choral work by Valery Gavrilin that premiered in 1984
 * Chimes, a magical force that paradoxically destroys magic in the novel ''[[Soul of the Fire]]'' by Terry Goodkind