These chimes are now installed in a 40' tetrahedron structure in Humboldt Park in Chico CA. The tetrahedron is made from 4' x 40' schedule 40 steel pipe. The chimes are 6.5" aluminum pipe between 6' and 9' long. The project is called Resonance. The tetrahedron is also supported on its structural nodes which allow it to vibrate at a very low visible frequency.
Would a double wall steel pipe say 3"o.d with 2.75 I.d welded in side work for this or just heavy wall steel ? Does aluminum sound better and is it just single wall you use . This is fascinating . I saw a 4' tall 3" tube set of chimes today at a garden center and now have to make my own set. They looked like steel with a dumbell hanging in the center to strike them. Thanks for any info .
I Love that wind chime, I can feel it resonating in different parts of my body. I want something like that in my backyard... I'd love to hear a longer video when it's windy. nature makes the best music. encore encore
The tones and there vibrato and length can be decoded into a specific unversial language. The mastering and manipulation of this language is of great use to us.
Correction, Gregg -- they're in a pentatonic G scale. You're close in that those pentatonic scales have four notes in common (A, B, D, and E -- but there's also a G in there, whereas the D pentatonic scale has F# instead, which isn't there).
I know this was posted 3 years ago... but I just had to say THANK YOU.. ive been watching videos tonight with similar wind chimes and I hear floyd's division bell every time.
these sound so beautiful & peaceful. i have just finished my first set of wind chimes tuned to a pentatonic scale starting at a3. now after hearing these, i think i may build a huge set an octave lower.
Somewhere way down below you said "The chimes are 6.5" aluminum pipe between 6' and 9' long." I would love to make one to hang from our very tall live oaks in Florida. What was the length of each pipe if you don't mind. I would like to make some of each size of pipe available and so far your's is the largest pipe. I looked up where you made the sculpture to hang it by. LOVED IT! Oh and what do you use to hit the pipes with and what was you wind catcher also. I've been looking up how wind chimes are made and never would have thought they could be so complicated. I'm not very good with math which is why I'm also asking what the lengths are.
@GreggPayne - greg, ya well, there isn't too much wind in my garage - lol - they now hang frojm a jacaranda tree in our back yard. i changed the sail design to a circular aluminum shape like you did - what's it called, a gogo - looks a helluva lot better than the square oak plank. thanks for inspiring me. what did you use to record the sound for this video? the sound on mine isn't very good as i took the video with a small canon point & shoot camera.
What are the large tubes made of ? Are they a double wall mild steel ? It appears to be a normal 10lb dumbell weight hanging in the center. I am a fabricator and want a set for my garden.
We had some large chimes like this as a child. I've always wanted to make some more since they were discarded many years ago after some parts in them broke. Would you share some details of how to make these?
@wayhighpatrol Whoa...Incredible! I never knew there were wind chimes out there even larger than Basso Profundo! Oh, how I would LOVE to get my hands on a set of these...
Exquisite! Maybe the clapper should be rubber, like an old lacrosse ball or something. What if the clapper was on the outside, with some kind of sail that would randomly sail around and only occasionally strike a chime? Another possibility could be an external ring around the cylinders.
I wonder if anyone's ever made wind chimes out of big, solid logs. Would be a bit of an engineering feat to suspend them and you'd probably want someplace pretty windy... But logs are generally very resonant so I like to imagine the deep tones might be lovely.
Wow people really leave stupid comments at times! -- I loved these chimes and would be thrilled to have them or something like them here. Thank you for sharing!
