Encore Collection Garden Bells by Woodstock Chimes

by Woodstock Chimes

Product Features

• A unique garden sculpture with brass bells that resemble flowers growing from within a faux rock
• 7 Brass bells, faux stone base
• Brass bells produce a very gentle sound when brushed with a hand or filled with rain water or place birdseed
• Garden Bells from Woodstock Chimes have a delicate sound that does not carry far from the source so it's perfect to create quiet spaces
• Measures 20-inches high and weighs 3.5-pounds

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 6.9 x 3.5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00012NFX6
• Item model number: DCGB
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,713 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

From the maker of Woodstock Chimes come the Encore Collection Garden Bells, inspired by ancient Chinese bells. For thousands of years, bells have been used to accompany worship and dance, to warn of danger, and to bring good luck and prosperity to those nearby.

This sculptural set of 7 brass bells can be placed in the garden as a focal point which will complement any architectural style or décor. The quiet and gentle tones of the Encore Garden Bells will be heard only when nearby.

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 Valley.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Lovely., August 8, 2006

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S. Hebbron "S B H." (Leicester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encore Collection Garden Bells by Woodstock Chimes (Lawn & Patio)

I have a set of these I bought here in England at a Garden Centre. I think it may a bit misleading of the Amazon to describe them as, "windchimes", I bought my set as "rainbells".

They are designed to be placed in amongst your regular planting in the garden, so as to give the illusion of them being an unusual set of blooms in themselves.

They collect rain drops and obviously fill to different levels, so you always get a differing array of gentle sounds which actually compliment a downpour beautifully. They very bendy and fleixible stems allow the bells to bend over and empty if they get too full of water. The rock base keeps the whole structure weighted down and stable. The wind does little to effect them, they are usually too low down be stirred by strong gusts, but the rain makes them sing a lovely little song of celebration.

A couple of bonus elements are that I have seen wild birds drinking from the bells once or twice and the bells also scare my neighbours cat away, he used to poop in my garden a lot before I got these! My garden is now a cat poop free zone, thank goodness!!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars single-tone, small bells for the garden, May 27, 2011

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Chel Micheline "Chel Micheline" (Southwest Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encore Collection Garden Bells by Woodstock Chimes (Lawn & Patio)

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I love anything "chime-y" for the garden, so I was very excited when I received these for a gift. I'd had them on my wish list for quite a while.

I really do like them except for two things:
- the bells are ALL the same tone. It does sound lovely when they are all chiming together, but it's VERY reminiscent of a bicycle bell. It sounds exactly like someone going by on a bicycle and ringing their bell a few times when they chime. And the sound is NOT long lasting- it fades very quickly.
- they are much smaller than I anticipated. I knew the measurements, but it still was a little surprising how small they were (about 20" high- knee-high on a 5'4" woman like me :))

However, while we haven't had rain "chime" them yet, I can imagine they would sound beautiful if being continuously swayed back and forth. However, unless you have regular rain or pretty significant wind, can't see these bells producing much sound.

I took a quick video with my iPhone (I apologize for the brevity and the quality, but I thought it might be helpful) so you can see and hear what one cycle of "chimes" sounds like:

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty, but will they ever chime?, July 26, 2006

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Steven A. Remollino "Better Living Through Go... (Texas City, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Encore Collection Garden Bells by Woodstock Chimes (Lawn & Patio)

I like the way these chimes look, including the rock base, but I have yet to hear them ring. We've had some big storms the past few weeks, and neither wind nor rain (nor dark of night?) has made them chime. On their looks, they get 4 stars, but on their sound they get a 1.