Play Koshi wind chimes
All four elemental sets, with a wind slider that strikes the rods the way real wind does.
Koshi Chimes
All four elemental sets, with a wind slider that strikes the rods the way real wind does.
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Koshi chimes are eight rods per set, tuned to a chord rather than a scale, which is why they never produce a wrong note however they are struck. There are four sets — earth, water, air and fire — and each is a different chord. Switch between them and the mood changes completely while the instrument stays the same.
Strike individual rods, or use the wind slider. Higher wind settings shorten the gaps and make them more irregular, which is the thing that distinguishes wind chimes from a sequencer: real wind does not keep time. At "steady wind" the strikes overlap and the chord starts to hang in the air, which is the effect people hang them outside for.
The frequencies here are the published tunings for each elemental set, so what you hear matches the real instrument rather than an approximation of it.
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Koshi chimes are handmade and priced accordingly. If you are choosing between the four, listen to each set here first — the difference between earth and fire is much bigger than the product photos suggest.
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