Wind Chimes

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World’s Largest Wind Chime

The world’s largest windchime was made by Jim Bolin and is located at 109 East Main Street, Casey, Illinois. The windchime was entered into the Guinness World Records as the Largest Windchime on June 22, 2012. The windchime measures 12.80 m (42 ft) long and consists of five metal tubes which are suspended 14.94 m (49 ft) from the ground. The windchime weighs a total of 7.6804 t (16932.4 lb).
Wikipedia

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The largest wind chime measured 12.80 m (42 ft) long and consisted of five metal tubes which were suspended 14.94 m (49 ft) from the ground. It was made by Jim Bolin (USA) In Casey, Illinois, USA, on 15 December 2012.

The lengths and weights of all individual pipes were: 12.8 m (42 ft) 220.61 kg (486.36 lbs) 11.89 m (39 ft) 204.85 kg (451.62 lbs) 11 m (36.13 ft) 189.09 kg (416.88 lbs) 10.13 m (33.25 ft) 173.34 kg (382.14 lbs) 9.14 m (30 ft) 157.58 kg (347.40 lbs)

Honorable Mentions

The Wind Chime at Donum

The Donum Estate is a combo winery and large art dispensary in Sonoma, California. As best as we can tell, it’s a kind of Chuck E. Cheese for the rich-e-rich.

Donum Estate hosts Doug Aitken’s wind-chime.

Donum brings to life a delicate balance between wine, land and art that has made it an international destination. – Donum Web Site

Large

The artwork on display at Donum seems to fall under the category of “large”. (Image source here.)

Large chickens are always a plus.

Donum Membership

Even with our extensive (15 minute) research, we were unable to determine how much it costs to become a member. Basically you have to fill out a bunch of forms before you even get to see their membership level prices.

Why does this remind me of a BlueHost shared hosting plan? But BlueHost is very up-front with their pricing. And I doubt a Donum membership comes with a free domain name!

However, if you just want to pop in for a meet ‘n greet, sip ‘n slip, mingle ‘n jingle, wine ‘n whine, thunderbird tango, tail-waggin’ tete-a-tete, wine ‘n wiz, brie ‘n glee, and some bite-sized banter, it’s a little pricey.