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Unique Wind Chimes Guide

How To Transform Your Life And Your Yard


Unique wind chimes are art in motion that dance and sing on the wings of a breeze. And part of the fun of adding a chime to your garden or house is choosing among all the unique styles. Create an oasis of tranquality with soothing colors, shapes, textures, and sounds.








 









 
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Woodstock Wind Chimes
They do this groovy metaphysical alchemy of water, light, sound and scent using wood, bamboo, glass, stone, and metals. Ride the tunes, man.
 
They can be made to play Christmas carols or groovy island grooves, or melodious morning salutations, or deep dark dusky serenades or sunny...

 



















If divas exist in the world of chimes -- glass wind chimes are it! Hang a set and see how fast they take your yard from functional to fabulous!
 
Solar Bird Baths
Bamboo Wind Chimes
Give your yard a little Far East swank!
They're feng shui wind chimes. Exotic and sophisticated yet, simple and relaxing.
 
 
 
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The Unique Wind Chimes Guide is here to help you gather ideas for your ideal wind chimes.

Find out about cost, mounting, protecting its parts, and how design and space can change a wind chime's sound.

Understand when it's safe to use a unique wind chime outside and how to harness the wind when decorating with sound and motion -- inside and outside.

That's not all! 

Most every unique wind chime article at easy-outdoor-decor.com ends with snap shots of the wind chimes in and around my home. And the unique wind chimes photo essay has pics of all my chimes.

So feel free to bounce around.

And if you have a little time to spare, and you also like mushy love stories, don't bounce, but scroll to see how unique wind chimes can reveal secrets about people you think you know.

A little about my husband

He is a hard man to know. He served 23 years in the Army. Retired a Captain. And still has the heart of a soldier.

I call him Boy Scout because he’s always prepared.

He’s calm, cool, and collected, and exercises restraint in the expression of emotion.

Over the years, I’ve learned to accept this and looked to other clues to know how he feels.

Even now, his appearance is dress right dress, including military haircut. And he never leaves home without his firearm.

He honors a soldier who was killed in battle by wearing a bracelet engraved with the soldier’s name.

At his neck are dog tags, a St. Christopher's medal, and a tag I gave him one Christmas.

This tag is inscribed with his personal credo, which also happens to be the 7 Army Values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.

He's a soldier through and through. And he loves me.

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No time for the rest of the story?

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A Little About Me

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My mom always introduces me as the daughter who’s “turned a little different”.

People who know me agree that this is an accurate description.

My idea of an exciting weekend is to start early touring any nursery, garden, or farm I’ve never visited before.

I developed this habit years ago, when my husband was deployed. It kept me busy and eased my mind while he was away.

I can spend hours outside. Looking at all the unusual plants and outdoor décor just begging me to use them in new and interesting ways.

This is only one of my many quirks.

 

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Opposites Attract

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You can probably guess my husband’s not exactly in love with outdoor décor.

What he does love is OD green, military drills, dress blues, shiny boots, and indulging my passion for outdoor décor.

Now that he's Retired Army, he drives me around on garden excursions and he even keeps an eye out for nurseries and gardens he thinks I'll enjoy. Without a doubt, I love him.

 

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What's All This Got To Do With Unique Wind Chimes?

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One Saturday, we visited a nursery that had this huge wind chime collection.

We looked at several together. Then I wandered off to the see the tropical plants.

After a while, I heard a sound so beautiful.

Was that the wind playing all the chimes at once?

I went to find my husband, so we could share the moment together. And you’ll never guess who was still at the wind chime display. 

 

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His Masculine Heart -- His Secret Soul Revealed

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My husband, the soldier. It was him playing the wind chimes! Every single one of them!

From a distance I watched him move one, then another. When he got them all going again, he closed his eyes.

The  expression on his face! It was full of emotion, so peaceful and happy as he tilted his head slightly and listened to the sounds fade slowly.

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After all this time, I thought I knew everything about him.

But when I saw how he responded to the wind chimes, I knew I had just gotten a deeper glimpse inside his true heart, revealing a thing he’d kept secret.

That's when my quest began for the most interesting and unique wind chimes I could find.

I'd do anything to see him that happy all the time!

 

I've got about 10 unique wind chimes in my collection right now.

Some more unique than others.

They're hanging all over the place -- inside the house and out.

 

In a hurry yet?

 

 

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Decorate Your Yard & Home With Sound & Motion

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Unique wind chimes are as much about visual art as they are about lovely sounds.

They're eye candy even when the wind's not blowing. And they sing to us when it is.

They set the mood inside and out and invite a little summer to linger all year long.

But, before we talk about unique wind chimes, let's take a minute and talk about the word "unique".

Qualities defined as unique by one might be defined as peculiar or even plain by another.

Here are a few words and phrases commonly used to describe something that is unique:

  • 0ne-of-a-kind
  • Original
  • Rare
  • Limited edition
  • Without equal
  • Unusual
  • Different
  • Distinct
  • Unlike anything else that you have
  • Different from anything anyone you know has
  • Totally unlike anything else
  • Turned a little different

How do you define unique? I define it as anything that's quirky. Is quirky even a word?

The point is this: "Unique" is a concept that's almost impossible to describe, but you know it when you see it. Right?

Having personally come face-to-face with unique many times, I can depend on having an emotional reaction to it. I don't get hysterical or anything. But I definitely feel something shift.

When that happens, when I get that feeling, I don't care about the price (to a point).

Some of my wind chimes are very unusual-looking, and others look like any other wind chime you've ever seen. But all of them are unique, because of how I came to have them.

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Let's Talk About Cost

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A truly unique wind chime, might cost a little more. Not always, but sometimes.

I have 2 beautifully unique wind chimes I paid between $250 and $300 for. What can I say, they moved me!

The artist who created the chimes featured at the top of this page makes several other unique wind chimes that cost less than $60.

So we're not talking an arm and a leg.

I mention this here so you're not surprised if the cost is more than $15. And also to tell you that unique doesn't mean out of reach.

There are some benefits to paying a little more.

  • Designed and created by the hands of a true artist

  • Originality

  • Lots of visual impact

  • No mass production

  • Higher quality materials
  • Some tolerate weather conditions better

 

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Sound & Space

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Only metal wind chimes can be tuned to play notes and harmonized cords. Some are even tuned to play popular melodies. And others aren't tuned at all.

Woodstock wind chimes are a fabulous example of a tuned wind chime. They are precisioned tuned.

Bamboo wind chimes are untuned wind chimes.

Want your wind chime to sing lots of songs with lots of notes? Just get one with lots of tubes. More tubes mean more notes, more harmonies, and more songs.

To get your wind chimes to sing almost all the time, and also have them tell you about changes in the weather, hang them in high open spaces.

Under the house eves, or an open space under a deck. And anywhere on the windy side of the house works well.

Choosing an area that's less exposed like under a tree, in a recessed corner of the deck close to the house, or on the not-so-windy side of the house will have your wind chimes singing less often.

Hanging your wind chimes just above the top knot gives them more freedom of movement. If they swing more freely they'll sing more freely.

For fewer songs, try hanging them just below the second knot.

If you want, bounce -- to the photo essay  of my unique wind chimes. It may spark some ideas you can use to get your wind chimes singing indoors.

 

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Sound & Design

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All the action starts with a wind chime's "sail". It's the part of a wind chime that hangs the lowest. It hangs even lower than the tubes.

The average sail weight is calculated so it won't swing until breezes reach 8-10 mph.

Changing the sail weight changes the amount of music your wind chime plays.

Lighter sails swing more freely in softer breezes so your wind chimes sing more often. Wind chimes with heavier sails sing most often in stronger breezes.

Then there's the "clapper". The sail hangs from the clapper. And the clapper rests very close to the wind chime tubes.

When the wind grabs the sail, the clapper moves too, coming into contact with the wind chime tubes, and the tubes come into contact with each other.

Ta-da, your wind chime is singing!

The notes a wind chime can sing depend on the length, width, and thickness of the clapper, the sail and the tubes.

Also the spacing between the tubes, where the clapper hits the tubes. And how much vibration occurs when this happens.

Manipulating these factors is how unique wind chimes are tuned.

Long, wide metal tubes sing in deeper tones. Short, narrow tubes sing higher notes.

Exotic bamboo pipes produce deep, hollow, mellow notes.

Seashells and chatter in the breeze.

Glass, ceramic, and polished stones resonate with tiny tinkling pitches.

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Mounting Your Wind Chimes

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This isn't complicated at all. And there are several brackets and hooks made just for this purpose.

Or improvise your own hooks!

Some of my wind chimes are suspended from wrought iron coat hooks I got from Pier One Imports then had my mom paint.

The hooks are shaped like rams and I think I got them for about $4.

The photo essay of my wind chime collection shows you exactly what I'm talking about.

Let your chime's size, weight, and location tell you the best and safest way to hang it.

Here are some basic rules of thumb:

  • Don't hang your wind chimes from a cord made of fabric.

  • Do hang a fabric cord from a carabiner or other kind of metal ring.

  • Do a tug test on whatever kind of bracket or hook you install by gently pulling on it with a force 2 to 3 times heavier than the weight of the wind chime.

  • Do hang your wind chimes in the trees. Suspended them above garden fountains and bird baths, or hang them inside a gazebo or any outdoor room. You can't go wrong with wind chimes -- they always make for fabulous focal points.

  • Do secure rubber between a tree's bark and your hook to avoid damaging their limbs.

  • Do use the proper insert or bracket to hang a chime from drywall, brick or stone.

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Protecting Its Parts

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  • Use a soft cloth to apply a thin coat of Danish or lemon oil to wooden chimes.

  • Brass and copper cleaner will protect and clean any brass and copper pieces on your chime.

  • Household glass cleaner, or a mixture of 1 part vinegar with 2 parts water works nicely on a wind chime's glass parts.

  • Metals like aluminum and stainless steal can be washed with mild soapy water.

  • Never use abrasives, unless you've decided to change the look of the finish.

 


Here's my personal photo essay of the unique wind chimes hanging in and around my house.

These pics may spark some ideas and give you a looksee at some of the unique wind chimes that are out there and how you can hang them.

Red Glass and Drift Wood Wind Chimes Suspended From The Living Room Ceiling Fan Pull Cord

Clear Glass And Drift Wood Wind Chimes Mounted On The Wall With Red Ram Hook

Brass and Teak Wood Asian Inspired Platform Wind Chimes Sitting On The Floor Above Heater Vent

Copper And Glass Bead Wind Bells Mounted On The Wall With Ram Hook at Back Door Slider

Blue Glass and Copper Wind Chimes Made By Me Hanging Outside At The Front Deck Steps

Bamboo Wind Chimes At Base Of Pond Hanging From A Black Toland Flag Pole

Stainless Steel and Aluminum Wind Chimes Hanging On Deck With Ram Hook Below The Bedroom Window

Poor Old Orphaned Aluminum Wind Chimes Hanging In No-Man's Land On Satellite Dish

Asian Ceramic Wind Bells Hanging On Side Balcony From Brass Ram Hook

Asian Wind Gong On Wall

Last, But Not Least, Aluminum Multi-Colored Wind Chimes Hanging In Backyard

 

 

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