I have been wanting some large chimes with a deeper sound for a long time. On my birthday recently, after I had opened other wonderful gifts from my husband, he went into the garage for a minute and came back with some really big steel tubes, some chain and other paraphernalia - the makings of my wished for chimes. After some trial, error and trips to Home Depot, he completed them over this past weekend and mounted them to the corner of our pergola outside. They are so magnificent and sound great. Now, we are waiting to see how stiff the breeze will have to be to get them to chime. As you can hear from the video above, the sound is more of a gong, which is really what I was hoping for. If the required breeze doesn't occur soon, Merle will change out the wooden clapper to one that is a larger diameter. The "sail", the thing that catches the wind and moves the clapper, does move. If the clapper is wider, then it will be more likely to touch the chimes and make the necessary sounds we love. It's only a matter of time before the correct formula of clapper versus sail is achieved. What a guy!
