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Grace Note's Tuned Windchimes
In 1982 musician Jeff Kile was living in a rural Louisiana tree house and playing music on the street for spare change. Jeff's love for music combined with his natural surroundings sparked an idea for creating the ultimate wind chime.
Harmonically tuned aluminum wind chimes were already being marketed, but Jeff envisioned a wind chime with a unique suspension design. All of the wind chimes on the market used a similar suspension that utilized string through holes in the top of the tubes. This suspension technique reduced the resonance of the chimes. By placing pins inside the tubes at the resonant node (the spot on a vibrating tube that doesn't vibrate) Jeff eliminated the interference of the string against the tubes.
This innovative design resulted in longer and clearer resonance The original Grace Note Windchimes were tuned by ear to notes that Jeff played on his guitar. Encouraged by the sound quality of his wind chimes, Jeff and his brother, Mark, formed a partnership, naming the company Grace Note Wind Chimes.
In music, the term "grace note" refers to an unwritten musical note that falls between two existing notes, as in a bent note. A grace note is a musical adornment. It seemed a fitting name for such harmonic wind chimes.
Designed for ultimate clarity of tone and resonance, Grace Note's Classic Tuned Wind Chimes feature Jeff’s unique pinned suspension device combined with superior materials and craftsmanship. Available in Petite, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, Super, Steeple and Deluxe. These precision tuned wind chimes have earned the reputation of being the most musical wind chimes on the market.
Grace Note's Wind Chimes are available in 9 sizes and 7 different tunings, Classic Wind Chimes offer a broad spectrum of tones and prices fit most everyone's needs.
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