Wind Chimes

Giant Aluminum Wind Chimes – Here we are tuning giant wind chimes made by SIC Metals & Fabrication LLC. in Shippenville Pa. This is just after the initial tuning, unfortunately there was little wind that day to move such large chimes so we had to tune this by hand by physically moving the clapper and weight to make the chimes resonate for final tuning. We do the initial tuning outdoors to make the chimes sound as natural as possible in an open area. Then we bring them back inside to further the tuning. We then do a “heat” tune, and refine the resonation made by each chime. We hand make all of our wind chimes and sometimes take days perfecting the final sound of each chime. These chimes were made to resemble the sound of chimes often heard in villages and towns during the 1930′s and 1940′s. The sound corresponds with that of larger chimes during that era from a far distance. This along with quality and materials make our chimes true sounding and never out of tune! When we can we will post a video of the chimes moving on their own and sounding off the clapper, this is a hard video to make since the resonation from the chimes often causes distortion in the mic of the camera. Thanks for watching the video! sicmetals.com  Read more... (320 words, 2 images, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)