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The sandy white beaches and sparkling blue waters of Paradise lie just outside your backdoor with this delightful-sounding chime. Light and spirited, it is tuned to a musical scale called saih gender wayang from the South Pacific Island of Bali. Originating in the playful music of the shadow puppet play, this scale comes alive with each movement of the wind. This Woodstock Chime will bring rich harmonies to your gazebo or veranda.
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 Valley.
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 Valley.
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful Relaxing Sound!,
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This review is from: Woodstock Chimes of Bali Windchime (Lawn & Patio)
This wind chime has the most beautiful sounds...it is so relaxing and comforting. The tones are random depending on the wind but it always sounds very pretty. It is not too high-pitched and 'tinny' sounding at all. Mine has been outside in the rain and heat of summer for 8 years now and is still the perfect wind chime.
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Soothing Sounds,
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This review is from: Woodstock Chimes of Bali Windchime (Lawn & Patio)
I collect windchimes, and the Woodstock Bali chime has one of the most soothing, melodic sounds I've heard. It is perfectly tuned, so that the notes flow perfectly. It is nice and softly playing with a light breeze. Highly recommended for windchime lovers.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Chimes!,
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This review is from: Woodstock Chimes of Bali Windchime (Lawn & Patio)
We went to Bali last year for vacation and I wanted a gift for my wife's birthday that would remind her of our time there. I have no idea how they do it, but these chimes actually sound like Balinese gamelan. They don't play a tune mind you, but the tones they chime are spot on.
They are well made, and LOUD. One wouldn't be able to sleep through them if they happen to have been hung in front of an aircon vent in the bedroom.
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