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2. Wind chime - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Whirligig - Wikipedia

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   Whirligig store. A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one part that spins or whirls. It can also be a pinwheel, spinning top, buzzer, comic weathervane, gee-haw, spinner, whirlygig, whirlijig, whirlyjig, whirlybird, or simply a whirly.

4. World's Largest Tuned Musical Windchime - Wikipedia

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   The down rods and miscellaneous hardware weigh 36 pounds. Ranaga calls it the "Wind Chime of Mass Distraction" (WMD) because it is made with the same size and grade aluminum sought by the weapons inspectors in Iraq. Farbiarz was notified via a formal letter, dated Feb. 9th 2006, from the Guinness World Records Management Team. The letter ...

5. World's largest windchime - Wikipedia

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   The world's largest windchime was made by Jim Bolin and is located at 109 East Main Street, Casey, Illinois. [1] The windchime was entered into the Guinness World Records as the Largest Windchime on June 22, 2012.

6. Fūrin - Wikipedia

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   The origins of fūrin are believed to be from the Chinese Tang Dynasty when metal wind chimes were hung in bamboo forests and used to tell fortunes. [1] [3] The word fūrin was first used in Japan during the Heian period when they were hung from eaves, particularly at Buddhist temples, as talismans to ward off evil spirits. [1]

7. Chime (bell instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Eight-bell chime in its frame (McShane Bell Foundry, Maryland).Note that the bottom bells are static-chimes, and the top bell is also hung for swing-chiming on its own. A chime (/ ˈ t ʃ aɪ m /) or set of chimes is a carillon-like instrument, i.e. a pitched percussion instrument consisting of 22 or fewer bells.