Wind Chimes

Wind Chimes: Design and Construction

This book, with its included audio CD, provides complete how-to information on the making of this loveliest of musical instruments, wind chimes. Included are chimes of metal, bamboo, ceramic and shell, in a variety of forms including tubes, rods, bars, bells and gongs. Familiar wind chime designs as well as exotic and innovative ones appear. All of the essentials for getting good sounds from different sounding forms are here, as well as ideas on suspension, the basics of tuning,and suggestions for materials and resources. The accompanying CD, with dozens of different types of wind chimes represented, allows you to hear and compare the various types, and it’s a pleasure to listen to in itself. The chapters include: 1) Introduction. 2) The Example Chime: a detailed description of the construction procedure for a typical and representative (and beautiful-sounding) wind chime. 3) Useful Information: a mini-encyclopedia of practical information on chime design construction. 4) Chime Tunings: how to tune, and a wealth of ideas for tunings. 5) Descriptions: photos and construction information for a diverse array of wind-chimes of all types.

List Price: $ 14.95
Price: $ 14.95

Make a Wind Chime Kit

Toysmith Make a Wind Chime Kit

Create a one-of-a-kind wind chime with this hands-on kit!Kit includes everything necessary to make your own custom wind chime, including two terra cotta pots, paints, brush, chime rods and hanging strings. Comes with complete instructions.Ships within 1-2 days via USPS Priority from Oregon. Not recommended for children under 3.

Price: $ 12.00

4M Make a Windchime Kit each

Everyone loves wind chimes and now you can make your very own. Fun to paint and easy to assemble.Kit includes two terra cotta pots, paints, brush, chime rods and lines, hanging cord and complete instructions.

• Inspiring garden kits bring fun to the whole family.
• Help develop a passion for the garden.
• Set includes everything you need to make your very own wind chime.
• For ages 8 and up.

List Price: $ 10.00
Price: $ 8.11

The Sharper Image EC-B100 Sound Soother Alarm Clock

The Sharper Image has captured an excellent selection of distinctive and relaxing sounds for its Sound Soother white noise machine. It stops unwanted noise, giving you a relaxing, noiseless night of sleep. Choose from twenty soothing nature sounds that will help even the most restless sleeper relax.

• Enjoy 20 digital soothing sounds for relaxation
• Extra large display with full sound titles
• Dual alarm, auto-off timer and convenient automatic time reset after power failure
• Choice of two alarm wake modes: Soothing Sounds or Beep Tone
• Elegant design is beautiful in any room decor
• Features: Dual alarm, auto-off timer and convenient automatic time reset after power failure and daylight savings time

List Price: $ 49.99
Price: $ 39.36

Wind Chimes and Whirligigs (Kids Can Do It)

Enliven backyards, balconies, doorways or windowsills with some original windpowered crafts in this book in the Kids Can Do It series. Made with recycled and easy-to-find materials, these fantastic wind chimes and whirligigs will blow kids away! Each of the 12 projects is a delight for the eyes and ears. Get ready to watch them whirl and hear them ring in the breeze. Kids can make a * crazy kitten * clothespin fly * whirli-bird * flutterfly * crested key bird * wind dragon

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Woodstock Encore Collection Bronze Chimes of Earth Windchime

In music, the word encore means “more” as called by an audience at the end of a concert. The Woodstock Encore Collection Chimes are designed to be “more” windchime in every way—more colors, sizes and value. Each windchime is precisely hand-tuned to a 5 note pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is particularly well-suited to windchimes because all of the notes are harmonious. Any combination of Encore Chimes will always play beautifully together, creating a rich soundscape.

The Encore Collection series includes the Chimes of Mercury, Chimes of Mars, Chimes of Polaris, Chimes of Pluto, Chimes of Earth, Chimes of Saturn, and Chimes of Neptune.

Woodstock Chimes are the original, musically-tuned, high-quality windchimes known worldwide for their superior sound. When listening to a Woodstock Chime, you hear a fine musical instrument played by the wind, perfectly hand-tuned using the ancient system of “just intonation” based on natural harmonics. This means the frequencies at which the different tubes vibrate are related to one another by simple whole-number ratios. Tones that are related in this way produce the most beautiful musical intervals. The sonic effect is exceptionally pure and soothing.

More than 30 years ago, the first Woodstock Chime was created by founder and owner Garry Kvistad from an aluminum lawn chair he found in a landfill. As a professional musician and instrument designer, he was fascinated by the Scales of Olympos, a 7th century pentatonic scale that can’t be played on a modern piano. Garry had the idea to cut and tune the lawn chair tubes to the exact frequency of the ancient scale. The resulting Chimes of Olympos was the first Woodstock Chime and is still one of our bestselling windchimes. Garry and his wife Diane founded Woodstock Percussion, Inc. in 1979 and it remains a family-owned business in New York’s Hudson

• This large-sized chime is a perennial favorite for quality, superior value, and melodious tones
• Rich bronze-color tubes and beautiful, uplifting harmonies from a classic-style wind chime tuned to a 5 note pentatonic scale
• 6 Bronze-colored aluminum tubes; bubinga-finish wood top and wind catcher; durable, braided nylon cord
• The smallest, personal-sized chimes of mercury to the largest, deep-voiced chimes of neptune
• Measures 37-inches overall length; 30-inches from the top wooden piece to the bottom of the wind catcher; longest tube is 20-inches

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Price: $ 30.98

Kikkerland Solar-Powered Rainbow Maker

Rainbow maker

• Window-mount rainbow maker that casts rainbows around the room
• Solar panel powers the unit to revolve and refract light in all directions
• Genuine Swarovski crystal creates maximum rainbow effect
• Great for cheering up a room; enchanting for adults, children, and animals
• Comes with suction cup or wire hanger; measures 6 by 1 by 2 inches

List Price: $ 31.99
Price: $ 17.28

Creativity Kits - Lucky Bamboo Wind Chimes

A Faber-Castell Creativity For Kids Kit. Small in size and BIG in fun! Petite packages that are perfect for parties. There is something for every kid who loves to make things...just for the fun of it! Make 1 bamboo wind chime to bring good fortune or tranquility to your room or garden. Paint 6 bamboo pieces, then string them along with beads and faux jade to create a lucky wind chime. Kit includes: 6 natural bamboo poles (6"), wood, faux jade & ivory beads, acrylic paint, paint brush, natural cord, metal eye screws, and pipe cleaners. Conforms to ASTM D4236. For ages 6 and up. Warning: Some kits contain functional sharp points and some are not suitable for children under 3 years.

• Recommended for ages 7 and up
• Kits include everything need to complete the project inside.

List Price: $ 6.00
Price: $ 3.06