Woodstock Chimes of Ireland- World Music Collection

The Woodstock Chimes of Ireland may not be uncommon like a lucky charm, but rather its splendid tones convey the fortunes of the Irish to your home and garden, enabling you to venture to every part of the globe while never leaving the lawn. The good looking sandblasted green cylinders are additionally enhanced by the silkscreened shamrock which enriches the windcatcher. Tuned to the opening notes of the carefree tune, “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”, this ring is a tribute to Ireland. Its verses, composed by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr. were set to music by Ernest Ball and first distributed in 1912. The melody has been recorded by numerous acclaimed artists, including Bing Crosby, Connie Francis and Roger Whittaker. Woodstock Chimes are the first, musically-tuned, top notch wind tolls known worldwide for their unrivaled sound. When tuning in to a Woodstock Chime, you hear a fine melodic instrument played by the breeze, flawlessly hand-tuned utilizing the antiquated arrangement of “just pitch” in view of normal sounds. This implies the frequencies at which the distinctive toll tubes vibrate are identified with each other by straightforward entire number proportions. Tones that are connected along these lines create the most excellent melodic interims. The sonic impact is uncommonly unadulterated and relieving. Over 30 years prior, the first Woodstock Chime was made by author and proprietor Garry Kvistad from an aluminum lounger he found in a landfill. As an expert artist and instrument architect, he was intrigued by the Scales of Olympos, a seventh century pentatonic scale that can’t be played on a cutting edge piano. Garry and his better half Diane established Woodstock Percussion, Inc. in 1979 and it remains a family-claimed business in New York’s Hudson Valley.