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A metal wind chime. Wind chimes are a type of percussion instrument constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells, or other objects that are often made of metal or wood.The tubes or rods are suspended along with some type of weight or surface which the tubes or rods can strike when they or another wind-catching surface are blown by the natural movement of air outside.
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, word from which chimes derives, used for Greek and medieval instruments; Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours
"Wind Chimes" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1967 album Smiley Smile and their unfinished Smile project. Written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks , it was inspired by wind chimes hanging outside Wilson's home and was one of the first pieces tracked for the Smile sessions.
Aeolian harp made by Robert Bloomfield. An Aeolian harp (also wind harp) is a musical instrument that is played by the wind. Named after Aeolus, the ancient Greek god of the wind, the traditional Aeolian harp is essentially a wooden box including a sounding board, with strings stretched lengthwise across two bridges.
On the porch of a ruined building, they uncovered a set of wind chimes shaped like a phallus. Archaeologists identified the artifact as a 1,800-year-old tintinnabulum.
The deepest toned tube is 20 feet (6.1 m) long and "sounds like a combination Cathedral Bell, Tibetan Singing Bowl and Jet engine." The shortest is 14 feet (4.3 m) and has a rich Cathedral-like sound. The overall length of the chime is 35 feet 10 inches (10.92 m), easily beating the previous record of 16 feet 8 inches (5.08 m)
Some songs have been written to emulate these varying wind sounds, such as "The Winter Wind" by Frédéric Chopin or "Tempest" by Ludwig van Beethoven. [3] Aeolean sound was heard around San Francisco, California beginning June 5, 2020, as a consequence of high winds and new walkway slats installed on the Golden Gate Bridge. [4]
In 1851, the chime was adopted by Edmund Beckett Denison (an amateur horologist, and graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was familiar with the Great St Mary's chime) for the new clock at the Palace of Westminster, where the bell Big Ben hangs. From there its fame spread. It is now one of the most commonly used chimes for striking clocks ...
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