price: $8.59 Last updated: 08/01/2016
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- This chime emits a powerful tone of singular beauty
- Cherry finish ash wood base, 1 silver solid rod, mallet
- Length: 7" Width: 1"
- Perfect in a classroom, as a gift or in your daily meditation practice
- Over 30 years ago, Grammy award-winning musician and instrument designer Garry Kvistad created the first Woodstock Chime from an aluminum lawn chair he found in a landfill; Garry and his wife Diane founded Woodstock Chimes in 1979 and still develop the chimes today
Product Description
Product Description
Tibetan monks use small cymbals called tingsha, which are sounded
to mark the beginning and end of a period of meditation. You can use
your Zenergy Meditation Chime in much the same way. The two rods are
purposely tuned to nearly –but not quite –the same pitch. When both are
struck at the same time, an acoustical phenomenon known as “beating” is
produced. The rods will seem to ring with the same pitch, but you will
notice a distinct pulsation or rhythm – in this case, approximately 12
beats per second. The following listening exercises can help heighten
your sensory awareness and focus your attention at the beginning of a
period of meditation: • Strike and dampen each rod separately. Can you
tell which one is higher and which is lower? • Strike both rods
together and let them ring. Can you hear the pulse created by the
“beating?” • Notice how the sound emitted seems to change as you
slowly move the instrument from directly in front of you to one side of
your head and then to the other. Move the chime over and behind your
head as well. • As you listen to the beating, try breathing in for so
many beats and then breathing out for twice as long. • Strike both
rods again and focus on the sound as it gradually fades into silence.
Pay attention to the changes in the rhythms you hear. You can also
create your own personal rhythms by striking the wooden cradle. Over 30
years ago, Grammy award-winning musician and instrument designer Garry
Kvistad created the first Woodstock Chime from an aluminum lawn chair he
found in a landfill. Fascinated by the Scale of Olympos, a 7th century
pentatonic scale that can’t be played on a modern piano, Garry cut and
tuned the lawn chair tubes to the exact frequency of the ancient scale.
The resulting Chimes of Olympos was the first Woodstock Chime and is
still one of our best selling, musically-tuned windchimes. Garry and his
wife Diane founded Woodstock Chimes in 1979 and still develop the
chimes today. It remains a family-owned business in New York’s Hudson
Valley.
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Tapped lightly with the rubber-tipped mallet, this single-tone
chime emits a beautiful, gently pulsating ring that resonates an
amazingly long time. The polished aluminum rod is fastened to a smooth,
cherry-finished hardwood base that measures 7-1/4 inches in length,
small enough to keep on a desk or by the bed. One simple ring of this
chime helps stress disappear. Musician Gary Kvistad founded Woodstock
Chimes in 1979, and today the family-owned company produces a wide range
of handcrafted, precision-tuned chimes. A one-year warranty covers the
chime against defects, and all tuned Woodstock Chimes come with a
lifetime tuning guarantee. --Ann Bieri