The Tinkling of Wind Chimes

An arrangement of small suspended pieces, as of glass, metal, or ceramic, and other ingredients capable of creating sound, hung loosely together so that they tinkle pleasingly when blown by the wind. Also called wind-bells.

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The wind chime is a musical instrument that harnesses the wind as its player and composer. The wind chime is also called a wind bell, and it is made in three basic configurations:

A cluster of similar objects (metal tubes, seashells, glass pieces, lengths of bamboo, or fragments of pottery) that hang from a central support and tinkle when moved by the wind;

A cluster of objects including a clapper suspended from the support that chimes as the breezes blow against a flat plate or wind catcher at the end of the clapper;

A bell with a long clapper attached to a wind catcher that plays as the wind strikes the clapper against the bell.
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Wind chimes are chimes constructed from suspended tubes, rods or other objects and are often made of metal or wood. Wind chimes are usually hung outside of a building or house and are intended to be played by the wind. Sound can be produced when the tubes or rods come in contact with a suspended central clapper, in the form of a ball or horizontal disk, or each other. Wind chimes may be used to observe changes in wind direction, depending on where they are hung.

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The wind chime is a product of many cultures and many times. Bells were first invented in prehistoric times, and the earliest evidence of them dates from 3000 B.C. and was found at archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. By 2000 B.C., bells had been developed independently along the shores of the Mediterranean and were being cast from bronze by the Egyptians.

The ancient civilizations of Asia can claim the musical and artistic refinements of the wind chime as theirs. The Chinese were casting bells by 1100 B.C., and they created the wind bell that they call feng-ling. Wind chimes were considered religious objects that were believed to attract kind spirits and drive away evil ones. The Buddhists especially revered wind bells and hung them by the hundreds from the eaves of shrines, pagodas, temples, and in caves. In Japan, China, Tibet, and Bali, the religious custom was adopted in the secular world, and many homes were similarly decked with the distinctive chimes. In Japan, wind chimes are called fürin.

Where bamboo grows easily, wind chimes made of lengths of bamboo may be even more ancient. In Bali especially, large sets of bamboo chimes are hung in the rice fields where they perform the practical services of startling birds and animals, as well as charming the spirits.

Metal sets of tuned, tubular bells were perfected for use in orchestras in the nineteenth century. Precisely tuned, high-quality wind chimes seemed to follow the development of instrumental chimes and have been aided by technology that allows precision cutting and tuning to both ancient and modern musical scales.

Wind bells and chimes became a decorative art as well that used a wide variety of materials and ranged from simple to extremely elaborate in size, construction, and ornamentation. The double attraction of sound and appearance helped the wind chime spread to the Western world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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The traditional or percussion wind chime is of the simplest in appearance but the most precise in design. Its material requirements include wood pieces for the top or support and the wind catcher, metal pipes or tubes that are usually made of aluminum, a top ring for suspending the whole chime, metal fasteners or nails, and braided nylon string for stitching the pieces together. The wood can be of many types, and it is treated with oil as the only weatherproofing.
Novelty wind chimes are made with brass, bronze, copper, or bamboo tubes. In place of tubes, they may make music with suspended shells, clay pottery shapes, die-cut metal pieces, glass, or other tinkling objects. Their supports and clappers may be equally diverse. Driftwood, metal shapes, and resin ornaments are among hundreds of available choices. Paint, glue, many varieties of string, and hangers of different styles and materials are used for this school of wind chime design.
Design
Wind chimes come in every size and shape. The tiniest can be worn as earrings, and another mini model fits in the palm of the hand and has three pipes. The largest has tubes that are 58 in (147 cm) long and resonates like the bells in Big Ben's clock tower. Some are mounted on magnets or plant stakes, and most are hung from ornamental shapes or objects.
The emphasis among many designers and manufacturers today is the quality of the sound produced by the chimes. Woodstock Percussion, Inc., began a design revolution in wind chimes in 1979 when the firm began to produce chimes with distinctive sounds and scales that are musically tuned by computer. They looked to other cultures to find historical scales on which to base wind chime melodies and designed chimes with the feel and tone of the chimes of Bali in Indonesia or the Gregorian chant mode.
Durability is also an issue because most chimes are designed for outdoor display, so they must withstand not only the wind but sun, temperature extremes, and precipitation.

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