Singing Ringing Tree


Singing Ringing Tree. This amazing sculpture, reminiscent of their outlines tree produces musical sounds when the wind blows. Singing Tree Grows in Britain in the Pieniny Mountains. From the place where it is located, offers a magnificent view of the city Burnley Lancashire County.


Height Singing Singing Ringing Tree sculpture to within three meters. It was designed and created the bull by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu. The sculpture is made of galvanized steel pipes, which produces a melodic sound with each gust of wind. Depending on the strength and direction of the wind song of the tree can be gentle and plaintive, and even scary. An eerie howl, she recalled, the other - the magical song of elves. On a sunny day when the wind is not too strong, the song of the Tree of sounds especially tender, and the song even more decorated the surrounding landscape. Singing tree stands on the highest point of the hill Crown Point, overlooking the magnificent panoramic view of the city Burnley. When the weather is particularly good and there is no haze, then from there you can even see the neighboring towns. The Singing Sculpture was built in 2006. It is part of the project «Panopticons», which is sponsored by the Regional Development Agency North-West and the economic partnership of Lancashire. The project consists of four sculptures - House atom track Colourfields, singing and shining UFO Halo itself, and singing and ringing tree Singing Ringing Tree. The entire project Panopticons was designed to embody the rebirth of West Lancashire. Sculptures to decorate the landscape and attract these beautiful places tourists. Singing Tree tubes are configured so that the melody covers several octaves. Not all pipes are created out of a tree can produce sounds - some of them are just elements of the design. Singing works of varying lengths and a system of holes, so that they can produce sounds of varying heights. The design of the Singing Tree contains 350 tubes of different length, but only for the construction of sculptures had been spent 60 thousand pounds. His name was a sculpture in honor of singing from the tree of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. In 1957, the GDR in this tale was created by TV series for children. The film tells of the princess, who said that she would marry someone who will bring her singing tree. Lover prince had to seek help from a wicked dwarf, who made the tree, but it almost ruined and the prince and princess. The film was very scary and colorful for its time, and is well remembered for many people. In addition, it was a color, which was also then an additional plus. Singing Ringing Tree sculpture has received numerous awards, including the award of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2007.