{"id":9254,"date":"2023-11-11T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2023-11-11T13:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T19:07:45","slug":"wind-chimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=9254","title":{"rendered":"Wind Chimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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World’s Largest Wind Chime<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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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).<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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)<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mentions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Wind Chime at Donum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donum Estate hosts Doug Aitken’s wind-chime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n