Wind chime, a lil help?

[Concrete B]

I am my neighborhood's notorious tinkerer, so from time to time I'm asked to fix something for someone, and on the rare occasion build something. My neighbor asked me to make a pair of wind chimes. 4ft tall, harmonious(sp?), odd number of bells, one of them needs to ship from Ohio to California.

I know you guys do a lot of the bells made out of old compressed air cylinders, so I figured this is a good place to ask.

I'd like to make them out of pipe or tubing, fairly simple, with a cool stand. I'm probably going to hang them with small hemp rope (for that outdoorsy feel). I guess what I'm trying to figure out is what pipe or tubing might have a good sound, before I go buying the material. Any help you can offer would be amazing.

[ptsideshow]

If this first site can't help, pass on the job. "engineering chimes"
Here is another on tube length calculating "wind chimes"
Another from a blacksmith site "bells, gongs and triangles"
These three should be all you ever need enjoy

[ptsideshow]

I posted 3 links to sites, but it says a mod has to check them out. hopefully it won't be to long a wait

[Hotfoot]

I am my neighborhood's notorious tinkerer, so from time to time I'm asked to fix something for someone, and on the rare occasion build something. My neighbor asked me to make a pair of wind chimes. 4ft tall, harmonious(sp?), odd number of bells, one of them needs to ship from Ohio to California.

I know you guys do a lot of the bells made out of old compressed air cylinders, so I figured this is a good place to ask.

I'd like to make them out of pipe or tubing, fairly simple, with a cool stand. I'm probably going to hang them with small hemp rope (for that outdoorsy feel). I guess what I'm trying to figure out is what pipe or tubing might have a good sound, before I go buying the material. Any help you can offer would be amazing.

I've used EMT (conduit) with good results, about 1 1/4" diameter...the 7 footer sounded particularly good, but four foot will be good, too. You have to have "an ear", and from there can use an electronic piano as a stone generator. there are sites on the web that will give many different tone combinations, and even tubing lengths, just search. Ther material used for the clanger makes a huge difference...just experiment!

[ptsideshow]

http://www.anvilfire.com/FAQs/bells.htm bells, gongs and triangles math and design from a blacksmith site.

http://home.fuse.net/engineering/Chimes.htm More than most would like to know on the making of chimes.

http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/wchime/wchime.html another site for the math of the sound of the chimes.
Copy and paste maybe this will work

[mnt]

Do a google search for Chucks Chimes. He has some good tuning calculators

Thats what I did for these.


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