Wind Chimes - Cosanti #135

Italian-born architect Paolo Soleri (1919-2013) studied under Frank Lloyd Wright starting in 1947 at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. Soleri and Wright had vastly different views on the shape American cities should take; Wright favored the sprawling “Broadacre City” concept that would disperse people from each other and the nexus of community life, while Soleri envisioned the opposite, an “urban implosion" - a compact and vertically dense environment that emphasized people’s connection to one another and to nature. The apprenticeship with Wright, while contentious and brief, influenced Soleri and his life’s work profoundly and cemented his interest in incorporating natural elements into his architectural designs, as Wright did.

Cosanti, Soleri's architectural and design studio located in Paradise Valley in Arizona, still operates today for tours and to create the infamous Cosanti bronze windbells.

When its triangular brass fin catches the wind, the small bronze #135 creates a sweet and bright tinkling sound. Individually artisan-made, each bell turns out differently, with imaginative designs hand-crafted by a bronze artisan...each one special, each one an original.

Size: Very Small
Sound: Bright, high-pitched, and reedy

Each bell is handcrafted and may not exactly like the one pictured.