Wind chimes

[Ocean1]

I feel the need for a non-'cicle related project.

I've got some pipe, well more than is needed for a nice big set of wind chimes.

How do I work out what length to cut it to achieve a specific note?

[Woodman]

Making wind chimes is a fine idea, but if you move in next door to me, be prepared to have them inserted on the first windy night,

[Ocean1]

But you'd like 'em in tune wouldn't you?

[marty]

trial and error i reckon. i've got a real nice set made out of a cannondale road bike frame :)

[Virago]

See attached. :yes:

[Ocean1]

See attached. :yes:


Reckon that's scaleable?

I'll be using 24" linepipe.

[Blackshear]

Great if you live in bumfuck nowhere, love the dull thud of bamboo and copper.
Nothing worse than windchimes at 2am on a windy monday morning, except water dripping into an open plastic recycling bin.


Don't be that kind of evil. :angry:

[bogan]

dunno what this 'note' guff is all about, but if you want to tune em for a resonant frequency, is pretty easy, can do with both open ended and single ended pipes.

Get em tuned up so it sounds like a v-twin rumble when the wind blows :wings:

[Virago]

Proper five-pipe wind-chimes use the Pentatonic scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_scale).

Bobby McFerrin explains the concept rather well...

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[Blackshear]

dunno what this 'note' guff is all about, but if you want to tune em for a resonant frequency, is pretty easy, can do with both open ended and single ended pipes.

Get em tuned up so it sounds like a v-twin rumble when the wind blows :wings:

Twins aint shit, inlines are where the auralgasms live.

[Ocean1]

Proper five-pipe wind-chimes use the Pentatonic scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_scale).


Lovely, ta.

[Big Dave]

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[mashman]

I love the sound of windchimes... the neighbours sets never kept us awake... although I like the sound of cables twanging against masts in a Marina too...

[scumdog]

I love the sound of windchimes... the neighbours sets never kept us awake... although I like the sound of cables twanging against masts in a Marina too...

Shazaam! I've never seen a Morris Marina with masts...pics or it didn't happen!

[bogan]

Twins aint shit, inlines are where the auralgasms live.

pffft, perhaps in the higher rpm but nothing beats a v-twin under 5k; now a 20k rpm v-twin would have it all :drool:

[Ocean1]

Think I'll reverse the usual arangement, make the tube set rotate around a central striker/s. That way I can call the tune. :yes:

I can mount a vertical axis windmill on the top of the tube set to drive it, with a governor.

How many notes in a full rendition of Mike Oldfields "Tubular Bells"?

[Big Dave]

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[mashman]

Shazaam! I've never seen a Morris Marina with masts...pics or it didn't happen!

No no no, it was in a Marina and the mast belonged to Morris...

[Brian d marge]

I love the sound of windchimes... the neighbours sets never kept us awake... although I like the sound of cables twanging against masts in a Marina too...

Sorry

But I fkin HATE...no let me restate that ..HATE Wind chimes .。。ゐth〒ぇ意RちんチャンチョンG他lk　(which is Swahili for stop that noise please! or Ill roger your Goat)

With their chin chan chon noise spoiling the nice peaceful air ...


its NOT relaxing ,,, its noise ,,,,stop it ,,,,,,,

Stephen

another added to my list come the revolution , wind chimes ...

[steve_t]

Sorry

But I fkin HATE...no let me restate that ..HATE Wind chimes


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[Oakie]

No no no, it was in a Marina and the mast belonged to Morris...

NO NO NO! Morris never had his mast in Marina. Well that's what Marina said anyway.

[ellipsis]

...best wind chime I've ever come across was the frame and scales from a piano hung about twenty feet up in a gum tree...sounded like all the banshees wailing at once...glad I didn't live near it...

[schrodingers cat]

Borrow an electric guitar tuner and ensure perfect pitch. Nothing worse than 'reletitvely' in tune but not actually.

There was an installation in the gardens close to the ChCh art gallery. It was done by an artist who made birds out of old car parts. They were on a sort of wand and had old car horns fitted. When the wind blew the bits would complete the circuit - but not perfectly - and would make plaintive gooselike squawks.

Nice