Woodstock DCB27 Encore Collection Bronze Chimes of Pluto Windchime,27"

I actually bought three different sets of Woodstock Chimes, each tuned to a different scale, not for any conventional purpose but for my 'Wind Chimes in the Wild' field recording project. For this I would take one or more sets of chimes out to a carefully chosen reasonable wild place, hang them up on trees alone or in various combinations where there was sufficient wind, and make longish recordings of the whole natural soundscape, incorporating the particular chimes sounds. These recordings have proved to be exquisitely beautiful, and my plan is presently to arrange commercial produce-on-demand CD productions of many of those recordings, which would then go up on Amazon.com. In the meantime I am putting a 5-minute excerpt of each recording up at Freesound.org (my personal website links through to all that). The full length recordings of combinations of the chimes are not soporific like the commercial recordings of wind chimes as 'relaxation' sound, but are in some cases quite as engaging as a work of symphonic music.I chose the 'silver' finish version of each set of chimes, because listening tests on other sites that gave short sound samples of the respective chimes to listen to showed that the 'silver' finish ones had an altogether brighter, 'sunnier' and more 'open' sound, I think because the various alternative finishes somewhat subdue the higher overtones.The Chimes of Pluto are the smallest set that I bought, and thus are higher-pitched, but not at all so high as to become New-Agey little tinklings. Their tones ring out clearly in the radiant pentatonic scale that they have been precision tuned to. The sound is radiant, with a happy feel and tending to emphasize a particular major chord.Curiously, in the recordings that I have made of combinations of the Pluto chimes with the Chimes of Olympos or / and the Tenor Gregorian Chimes, the Pluto chimes seem to have a completely different musical personality. Then, instead of sounding radiant and 'happy', although still being an uplifting element in the overall sound picture, they give at least me the impression of being more like a commentating chorus in some Ancient Greek tragedy. Curious and intriguing!Anyway, I have to say it - the sound of any and all of those chimes is beautiful beyond description and is far removed from the popular image of wind chimes as being just New-Agey sweet little tinklings. Okay, part of the equation here is the way that I, a composer with a highly sensitive musical ear, am using and recording them in a manner that gets the best out of them, but I think few reasonably sensitive people would not be moved by the beauty of sound of any of these three sets that I bought.I cannot commend these chimes too highly. My own preference is for a well balanced timbre, with a clearly audible and reasonably even spread of overtones, right into the highest reaches of the audible frequency range, and these silver finish ones seem to fit the bill admirably.Update, 21 November 2013:During the spring and early summer of this year I obtained a succession of the most exquisitely beautiful recordings of various combinations of the Pluto chimes with the Woodstock Polaris, Mercury and Mars chimes on Cornish clifftops, with sea action ranging from gentle, through 'interesting' to outright dramatic. I now have available a big range of my recordings of 'Wind Chimes in the Wild', which you can find if you Google "philip goddard e-store" (not in quotes), some of which include the Pluto chimes.

After decades of enjoying Mike Oldfields 'Tubular Bells', I have found delightful replacements that cost absolutely nothing to play, just a slight breeze. It is particularly pleasing to introduce the charming chimes so lovingly created in New York State to the southwest Highlands of Scotland. The bronze 'Pluto' chimes are not only enchanting to look at, but produce a perfect aural feast. While I fully expect the chords to need replacing over time, I anticipate the sounds will past as long as there is a slight breeze. A light application of oil to the wood and the chimes will ensure this. Can't recommend them highly enough. I was so enthralled with my purchase that I have since bought the captivating sounds of 'Mercury', the smallest planet, to tinkle in my garden as an additional treat.

The media could not be loaded. Such a nice piece of garden furniture, looks great with a lovely relaxing sound. Sit back and enjoy.

I have wanted a harmonious sounding set of wind chimes for quite some time now, but the price has always put me off. Then one day whilst I was walking around the local garden centre, I saw some quality wind chimes and loved them, but at a price I could not justify spending. So back home and I found these on Amazon at almost half the price. No brainer.These are well made and look good too. I expect them to last for quite some time.And yes, they are everything I expected and wanted. The sound is both pleasant and soothing, so long as the wind isn't going mad. If you want quality wind chimes that won't break the bank and will give that wonderful restful sound, then I highly recommend these.

I bought these to add that little something special to my garden & I was not disappointed.The chimes themselves are pretty solid & robust & they are nicely finished.The sound they generate under a gentle breeze is delicate, beautifully tuneful & very very relaxing. I have them near my pond so the sound of running burbling water complimented by these chimes provide a truly sublime relaxing combination that I am sure would please anyone.Lets just say my neighbours moved one of their benches further down their garden in order to enjoy these beautiful chimes.The set is very easy to maintain in top condition, just a gentle wipe with a damp cloth & a little linseed /teak oil on the wood brings them up like new.I would definately recommend these as a Good Buy

I’ve bought loads of wind chimes before and they don’t last long with the strings snapping. This one has survived high winds and sounds lovely. I might take it down during the snow though. But a lovely addition to my garden and also positive comments from neighbours re hearing it.

After deciding to buy some chimes for outside I decided on these after hearing the sound of them on one of the videos.They appear to be well made and look great too. The most important thing for me though was the 'mellow' sounding chimes. Probably due to the wider than 'normal' tubes maybe? Not a musician to be honest so only guessing here.Anyway, love the chiming sounds from them and I'm a very happy buyer.

This is a lovely sounding wind chime and looks really lovely - bought for a friend and she is delighted