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What gives is that making wind chimes is easier than you think. According to a site we found on the subject, the material should be "both appealing to the eye and produce a pleasant, tinkling sound when struck lightly together." In other words, if you're happy with the look and sound of the chimes, things should work out just fine. There is no official "right kind" of wind-chime tubing. That said, we still need to hook you up with some measurements. Whenever we get "how-to" questions, we immediately turn to one of our favorite sources: eHow.com, which offers step-by-step tutorials on how to do just about anything you can imagine, from building a wall to making candles to changing diapers to, you guessed it, making wind chimes. The quote from
the first paragraph was taken from eHow.com's "eHow to Make a Silverware Wind Chime," one of the several tutorials we found by typing "wind chimes" into the site's search box. It's a great place to start, even if you don't want to make silverware chimes. The tutorial suggests shopping around antique shops and flea markets for raw materials. At the bottom of the eHow page, we spotted a link to "Making Wind Chimes," a separate essay by chime-lover Jim Kirkpatrick. According to Jim, the thickness, length, and material of the tubing will influence the tone and pitch created by your chimes. Happily, Jim offers a very detailed discussion of both chime size
and possible chime materials. Good luck!
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