The Tree That Sings in the Wind
On a hill above an English town stands a tree made of steel pipes. When the wind blows, it sings an eerie, choral hum.
What was reported
The Singing Ringing Tree is a sculpture on the moors above Burnley, made of stacked steel pipes in the shape of a tree bent by the wind. Some of the pipes have slots cut into them.
When the wind passes over them, the pipes hum and moan in different notes, together making a low, wavering chord that rises and falls with the wind, like distant voices. Walkers come up on windy days to hear it.
Explanations offered
The pipes work like giant organ pipes or bottles you blow across. It was designed by the architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu and won a national award for architecture in 2007.
- When
- Since 2006
- Where
- Crown Point, Burnley, Lancashire, England
- Witnesses
- Walkers on the moors
- Status
- Explained
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