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April 21, 2021
Singing Ringing Tree
From Wikipedia:
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind-powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN).The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area.Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 10-foot-tall construction comprising pipes of galvanized steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves.Some of the pipes are primarily structural and visual elements, while others have been cut across their width, enabling the sound.The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each.
April 21, 2021 at 02:01 PM | Permalink
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Hi Joe,
Reminds me of a project near my hometown here in the Netherlands.
In 1975 they built a "windorgel" (wind organ) on the windy coast.
see: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windorgel_Vlissingen.
N.B. enjoy the Dutch text.
Kind Regards,
Jaap
Posted by: Jaap | Apr 23, 2021 4:07:54 AM
I went down a rabbit hole of these things the other day as well. I think our feeds are overlapping! Now to remember where I had seen all of these because someone had an easy way to build some for your backyard.
Posted by: clif | Apr 22, 2021 11:30:30 AM
The sound of madness.
Posted by: Ms. Radoo | Apr 22, 2021 9:25:50 AM
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