Woodstock 27 Inch Pluto Wind Chime

by Woodstock Chimes

Product Features

• This large-sized chime is a perennial favorite for quality, superior value, and melodious tones
• Bright silver-color tubes and beautiful, uplifting harmonies from a classic-style wind chime tuned to a 5 note pentatonic scale
• 6 Silver-colored aluminum tubes; bubinga-finish wood top and wind catcher
• Encore collection wind chimes are ideal for collecting
• Durable, braided nylon cord; 30-inches from the top wooden piece to the bottom of the wind catcher; longest tube is 20-inches

Product Details

Product Manual [162kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 27 x 6.5 x 2 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005LK5N
• Item model number: DCS27
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,548 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #11 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Outdoor Décor > Chimes

Product Description

Color: Silver

Amazon.com Review

Sing back to the birds with the bell-like tones of Woodstock Percussion's 27-inch Encore Collection Diamond chime. Using the breeze to make music, the chime features a diamond-shaped wind catcher that moves in the air. A circular disk on the same cord taps the hollow musical tubes and makes them ring. Handcrafted and weather-resistant, Woodstock Percussion's chimes are at once stout and elegant. On this instrument, a strong black cord suspends chimes and disks alike, threading through an ashwood support at the top. Each wooden piece is finished with an attractive beveled edge and a rich mahogany stain. This silver chime is tuned to an ancient pentatonic scale. Company founder Garry Kvistad has developed an advanced method of tuning used on every Woodstock chime: Each tube is analyzed digitally with a microphone under the tube measuring the frequency, and cutters are instructed to remove just the right amount of material to produce the most precise tuning possible. The result is a purer, more harmonious sound. --Emily Bedard

Product Description

In music, the word encore means “more” as called by an audience at the end of a concert. The Woodstock Encore Collection Chimes are designed to be “more” windchime in every way—more colors, sizes and value. Each windchime is precisely hand-tuned to a 5 note pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is particularly well-suited to windchimes because all of the notes are harmonious. Any combination of Encore Chimes will always play beautifully together, creating a rich soundscape.

The Encore Collection series includes the Chimes of Mercury, Chimes of Mars, Chimes of Polaris, Chimes of Pluto, Chimes of Earth, Chimes of Saturn, and Chimes of Neptune.

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great bargain!, August 11, 2008

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Sky Sox Wiz (38N 104W) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Woodstock Encore Collection Bronze Chimes of Pluto Windchime (Lawn & Patio)

I went to their website where I could preview listen to the various chimes.
This set is so pleasant that I bought a second set for the front of my home. Between great quality and a good price, it's a perfect compromise.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive sound, December 20, 2008

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K. (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Woodstock Encore Collection Bronze Chimes of Pluto Windchime (Lawn & Patio)

The sounds are full and clear, not at all clangy or tinny sounding. All it takes is a light breeze to experience the sound. It's also very subtle: I hung it on the front porch right outside the living room and if I want to hear it, I just shift my attention to it. Otherwise it's a charming background sound that doesn't intrude on what I'm doing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic, July 6, 2009

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Rose McCreary (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Woodstock Encore Collection Bronze Chimes of Pluto Windchime (Lawn & Patio)

Love these bronze pipe wind chimes. Nice sounds.
We have them hanging under the car port to keep them
from the weather elements. I would recommend them to
anyone who loves chimes around their home.
Received them in a timely manor.
Will purchase more later.
Thanks!
Rose

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