Singing Ringing Tree

A last minute visit to the second of the Panopticons in Lancashire last night, the Singing Ringing Tree although due to to the complete lack of any kind of breeze there was no singing or ringing to be heard so just a tree I guess! Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3 metre tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each

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