Woodstock Windchimes Clair de Lune Chime, Wind Chimes For Outside, Wind Chimes For Garden, Patio, and Outdoor Decor, 40"L

This chime is tuned to the opening phrase of Clair de Lune a distinctive melody made up of seven two-note chords. To replicate this the chime was designed with two different sized clappers so both the upper and lower tubes are struck at the same time. In this way it plays “double stops ” or two notes at one time. Clair de Lune translates to “Light of the Moon” or “Moonlight” and is the third movement of the Suite bergamasque one of the most famous piano suites composed by Claude Debussy. First written around 1890 when Debussy was only 28 this melody was used for the Bellagio Fountain scene at the end of Ocean’s Eleven. A true original there’s no other windchime designed to play chords in this way. WOODSTOCK CHIMES THE ORIGINAL MUSICALLY TUNED WIND CHIMES. Tuned to beautiful melodies and scales from around the world and available in a wide range of styles songs and sizes you can choose the Woodstock Chime that speaks to your soul. HOW IT ALL BEGAN. In 1979 the first Woodstock Chime was created by GRAMMY® Award-winning musician 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 Olympus 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 chime tubes to the exact frequency of the ancient scale. The resulting Chimes of Olympus was the first Woodstock Chimes Wind Chimes and is still one of our bestselling wind chimes. Garry and his wife Diane founded Woodstock Chimes in 1979 and it remains based in New York's Hudson Valley.