How can I increase (or decrease) the activity of my Music of the Spheres windchime?
1. Hang the chime in a different location, either more or less exposed to wind. 2. Hang the chime from the first knot above the ring for greater activity and from the second knot for lower activity. 3. Adjust the size of the windcatcher. To identify your windcatcher you may refer to the diagram on the “How They’re Made” page. The wind catcher at the bottom of your chime is the “motor” that makes it work. Windcatchers harness the power of the wind and transfer it to the clapper, which moves to strike the tubes and play the music. The larger the windcatcher surface area for any given size chime, the less wind is needed to activate it. We design our chimes to play in eight to ten mile-per-hour breezes. If your chimes hang in an extraordinarily enclosed or exposed area, they will require a correspondingly larger or smaller wind catcher than the standard one, to achieve a “standard” activity level. If you feel you need a different size windcatcher, return yours, asking for either the next s
