Large Wind Chime

These are parts for a large wind chime. Overall length of the prototype shown is slightly more than 5 feet, and it weighs somewhere between 10 and 15 pounds (depending on how my bathroom scale is feeling.) The actual chimes are tubes cut from 1 inch conduit (EMT.)

The remainder of the description details how I made my prototype; you may of course use other materials or dimensions.

I chose to tune the chimes to a pentonic scale with the lowest note a "C3." The pentonic scale is a good choice for wind chimes, because no matter which notes sound they will sound good together.

Chime tube lengths for 1" EMT
(Lengths in inches)
Note "C" - 46 1/2" --- Hang point 10 7/16"
Note "D" - 43 7/8" --- Hang point 9 13/16"
Note "E" - 41 3/8" --- Hang point 9 1/4"
Note "G" - 37 15/16" - Hang point 8 1/2"
Note "A" - 35 13/16" - Hang point 8"

The hang points shown (measured from the top end of each tube) will place each at a nodal point of the fundamental frequency for that tube.