Wind chimes drive me crazy!!! Noisy eyesores definitely!

I love love love them! I have the most amazing windchime - it's tuned and is incredibly musical! Bamboo ones are also fabulous!

It totally depends on the type of windchime.  Tinkling or clanging windchimes are just obnoxious.  But I was given a set as a wedding gift that are made of some kind of thick metal, and they produce a soft, otherworldly sounding chime that is very unobtrusive and relaxing.

i love the sound of them, if they are made from wood. the deep hollow sound is wonderful. I don't like the sound of the tine metal ones.

I find them extremly relaxing. I own 1 and will be buying another

I love my wind chimes (all handmade by my husband).  The sound they make is a whole lot more pleasurable than the sound of hot tubs, window air conditioners and dogs that bark at anything that moves.

I love wind chimes but I do think everyone has a sound they think calms them more.

Love the windchimes, I have a few but you can't have too many of them!!!

I make wind chimes, but I do not like all of them.  I use copper pipe to make them, and tune them to a perfect chord.  They strike gently and produce a very good quality tone, unlike those with small tubes or those that bang togeter.

Wind chimes are noise pollution!  It is appalling  that people inflict that din on their neighbours.

I adore wind chimes and have a few in my back yard.  I love sitting in the swing on a quiet afternoon and listen to its music.  I am not too keen on bamboo chimes but the metal tubes (different size tubes) makes me feel tranquil and  relaxed.

Another example of one person's likes being inflicted on others without a choice. If the noise only reached your property line and went no further, more power to you. Since it spills over onto everyone else's space....shame on you.

One is beautiful but several are just noise and confusion.

The quality of the chimes really is a factor. It may be noise pollution or a noise solution. I live on a busy street and so the right chimes can distract rather than add to the already decibel dynamite happening just outside my window. Also, wind chimes bring good fortune to the household!

My son gave me windchimes for Christmas this year. They are perfectly tuned and sound like a pipe organ. In high winds they are loud and I tie them together until the wind passes. 90% of the time they are very beautiful. I love them, I would be lost without them.

Noisy AND tacky eyesore!

My best friend who passed away 5 years ago loved wind chimes.  I have two on our patio and when they chime I think of her.  They are very calming and soothing to me and I love them.

Wind chimes can be a nuisance but the ones I have are very musical.  I love mine!  I have also positioned them so that they warn me when the  weather changes and the wind picks up - time to put cushions in and the umbrellas down!!

Wind Chimes Are A Noisy Eyesore!!!

Noisy - noisy - noisy

I love the bamboo chimes.  The low sound from the hollow wood is just beautiful.  I've been looking for some but just can't seem to find the right ones.

I love windchimes too, soft sounds rather than loud clanging ones though. I bought a couple this summer with circles made of some kind of glass or plastic and I like the sound. THey are not too loud and I hung them in my tree and when the wind blows I love to hear them clinking. But each person has their own taste of course.

i like windchimes  they are nice to hear on a nice day when you are outside and just chilling,but when it get's windy I bring them in .

No one in my neighborhood has too many windchimes...perhaps one here or there.  They are lovely as you walk along the street ..and oh so much nicer than the neighbors airconditioner that runs 24hrs/day (from Apr to Oct) outside my kitchen window.

I have one set of windchimes and have moved it from a location of constant chiming to a less windy spot....the big tree in the backyard is there next stop. Sitting & reading in the hammock with the wind chimes tinkling is the best way to start a nap!

I love windchimes and I have one for now.  Good quality and tuned can bring a distraction from City noise.

Hey people.You will be dead a long time.Relax and enjoy the

sound of wind chimes,birds singing, trees rustling and the air

blowing softly over your face.The sounds will sooth your soul if you take the time to sit down close you eyes and hear the gentle music they will play for you.

I think that to have wind chimes is like having a dog. You have to be aware of your nieghbours and what they would like to hear. I keep my dog quiet because I don't like the noise. Loud wind chimes are worse then a barking dog. It dosen't matter if they are wood metal or glass. You are taking lience on the whole nieghbourhood with them.

I love the sound, especially the large wooden ones.  I will admit the small ones can be a bit annoying and the really corny ones are an eyesore.

Definitely noisy eyesores....

I have several chimes in my backyard..my favorite is the one my husband made me.  It is tuned to perfection and sounds like church bells in a distance...all of them are located under my mature trees by my fish pound and my hammock. There is no other place I would rather be on a breeze summer afternoon.

I love windchimes.  I live in the country so my many chimes are heard only by me and the animals.  

I  live in a condo complex where the tenants have deemed it necessary to " out-wind

chime"  each other!  It becomes a bit much, especially ,since I suffer from migraines.

There are days (or nights) when  I would gladly take a pair of scissors and cut each

and every one of them down.  Too much of anything is NOT a good thing.

I will risk flack on this, but I feel that windchimes are appreciated only by those who own them.  Inflicting them on neighbours is intolerable - there is enough unnecessary noise out there already.  I will agree with Mary, that in the country where you (and Mother Nature) are the only audience, it's acceptable.

I enjoy them myself, but I realize that not everyone will. I especially enjoy the larger metal ones that are made to emit a harmonic series of tones. I also find the tinny ones or the clangy ones annoying.

I love them, and couldn't be without them. Have many of them all over my yard, birds seem to like them as well.

I like them, IF they are good quality & well-tuned. The tinkling or clanging dollar-store/tourist trap versions are annoying. I'll take wind chimes over traffic noises, barking dogs, or air conditioners, any day. In any case, they should be hung where they would be least offensive to overly-sensitive neighbours.

I really love windchimes and I do find them tranquil and relaxing. I purchased mine in Mexico which is a nice reminder of our trip. It's made out of some kind of glass and is very beautiful. I hope it doesn't bother my neighbors.

It depends on the windchimes.  It seems that if the chimes are heavier and well made that they are tranquil and relaxing.  However, if they are small and cheaply made they are an awful nuisance.  The ones that we have here in our yard have a beautiful sound and add to the wonder of summer.

Here I sit working in my home office enjoying the sounds of my wind chimes as the breeze comes off the lake .... my neighbour on the other hand has talked to me about the 'noise' - funny though her dog barking night and day, back yard burns during banned times and power tools at 6 am on Sunday mornings are ok .... hmmmm give me my wonderful wind chimes any day!

I absolutely just love windchimes. We have a few of them hanging on our veranda and on the balcony. They sound so nice in the quiet of the day or night with the breezes blowing them.

I love all windchimes! When the breeze blows (a gift from Mother nature herself!") the gift of the windchimes is delivered to our senses, telling us to relax and enjoy!  In such an up-tight & fast-paced  world gotta love & appreciate these free gifts ! ENJOY the music!

I love the sound of nature, the wind in the trees,birds, children screaming, laughing, talking, however, windchimes are not enjoyable sounds of nature. Noise pollution to some and muscic to others. Please respect your neighbours .  We don't appreciate noisy cars, dogs barking, airconditioner ect. so all you people who enjoy wind chimes PLEASE enjoy them INDOORS(use an oscillating fan if you must)

Rock or Jazz?  Heavy Metal or Alternative?  Isn't it all in the listeners taste of what they like?  To me, most wind chimes are like listening to a violin that is not tuned, or played by a very inexperienced person: Grating on the nerves.

I have a tuned one that is great in a nice breeze, but annoying as all get out during a wind storm.  

Noisy!  I really don't enjoy my sleep being disturbed by windchimes .  Not everyone is able to relax to high, tinkling sounds.  Neighbours , especially in multi-dwelling units, need to take the feelings of other's into consideration, especially at night.  If you have a close neighbour - please ask them if windchimes are bothersome before you put one up.  Luckily, we have a lot of trees in our area and  I would rather hear the leaves being rustled by the wind - that is more relaxing to me.

Windchimes are wonderful and very relaxing. Each person has a different tolerance to the tone of the chime. I love them all.

I love the sound..Most people who have wind chimes are very nice ...Why do people who hate everything, live in condos?..The sound of wind chimes blowing in the wind, let me know I am alive and have the ability to hear...

I love our windchimes. We have 2 that are metal(1 was at my parents home before they passed away). The other 2 are wood . I find them very relaxing, But as the saying goes"Different strokes for different folks"

They are usually annoying to everyone but the owner.  The problem with windchimes is that the sound is not confined to the home, everyone around you has to hear it whether they like them or not.  As beautiful as they are, I will never buy one, and always sign when I see neighbours with one.

Personally, I love the gentle sound of HIGH quality wind chimes, but there are so many cheap, bad tone and very noisy ones around. This is  a case where less is best. The ones made from natural materials ie: bamboo, marble or stone are my favorites but I do try to respect my neighbours wishes.

I recently bought the most unusal wind chime I have ever seen it is really fasinating it is a solar wind chime and when it soaks up eight hours of sunlight,  there is a glass ball hanging below the solar panel, and at night it emits a constant changing light of Red Green & Blue and I love it the chimes are also  really peaceful

Windchimes are beautiful during the day, tinkling out their own music. On hot evenings, when the window has to be open in order to catch a cool breeze and you are trying to sleep, wind chimes are terribly annoying. Too bad some neighbours are not courteous enough to silence or remove the chimes during the evening hours.

I agree with most, windchimes are a personal choice. There is no accounting for someone elses taste. I'm not 'fond' of the landscaping choice my neighbour has made, and she might not like mine, but thats our choice to make, but sound is a different matter. We all should be aware of others and for the owners of the higher quality ones, yes, 'musically' they do sound good and the cheaper ones can be annoying. I have several (we have big sized lots in my neighbourhood) but as we do get strong winds at times, I take mine down or tie them up. I don't want to hear them or have them smash apart.

I love windchimes; my own and those of my neighbours, although I agree that they don't all produce a pleasant sound.  Even at night, I much prefer their occasional sound to the constant noise of air conditioners, spas, and pools.

I always had windchimes in my yard when I lived in a house, but asked my neighbors if they were ok with the 'noise' from them.  If they weren't, I'd move them to a less windy spot.  I now live in a condo with lots of neighbors so my windchimes are placed inside so they won't bother other residents.

I love windchimes but I am careful where I hang them. I try not to hang them too close to neighbours bedrooms.

Yes I love the windchimes. They are really peaceful and calming. Plus they look really good.

nothing but irritating noise.

Wind Chimes can be incredibly tranquil. The caveat - they have to be tuned properly! Cheaper versions generally aren't tuned and end up being not only an eye-sore but an ear-sore as well!

My neighbors had one on their porch for a couple of years. It clanged and made me crazy. Every time they left town on vacation I tied it up so it couldn't make any noise.  It was pretty ugly too, but I sure didn't care about that as long as I couldn't hear it. They never said anything to me but must have realized that it bothered someone as this summer they removed it. Yeah!! I guess you could put me in the "don't like 'em" camp.

I like them, they help drown out the "noise" that neighbours make, like when they work on their cars, barking dogs, traffic and irritating loud voices.  

I notice the sound from wind chimes for about 5 minutes and then they fade into the background noise along with everything else.  I like the style of the Temple Bells.

A well tuned windchime is a pleasure to hear....large clanging copper ones or small tinny ones drive me crazy when it is super windy out.  I prefer natural cool vs air conditioning so sleep can be interrupted quite often....and don't get me started on my neighbour who leaves hers out year round...I mean who wants to listen to chimes during a snow storm???

I agree that windchimes can be an annoyance to the neighbors but I got around this by hanging my countless chimes inside my house by any window that opens~ that way I am the only one who hears the calming sounds they produce.  I do have one that is hung outside by the back door and it gets just enough breeze to sound like church bells in the distance.  Haven't had any complaints .

I love bamboo chimes...very calming, anything else is just too tingy and irritating.

I LOVE windchimes.  I put them out in the spring and don't take them down until the storms start in Nov.  They bring tranquility to my life.

I live at the end of a private road, I have two wind chimes, one hanging on the front of my house, and one nestled amongst a honeysuckle vine, they both sound beautiful, I tend to get a lot of wind so I hear them quite often, my neighbors love them.

I  love wind chimes I have two one that  is made of glass ,and the other one is made of pewter they both have a  awsome sound.

Wind Chimes are an aggravation.

Take your windchime outside when you are relaxing but bring it inside when you go in.  Don't leave it to there jangle if you are not there to enjoy it!

whoever invented it is a genius. I JUST LOVE AND ADORE MY WINDCHIME which is given to me by my sister, mercy.

Why do people always have to find something to complain about.  Life is too short to sweat the small stuff - windchimes are a wonderful addition to the sounds of summer (all in moderation, of course) & I love nothing more than to hear the sounds of the birds chirping and my trees rustling in the breeze with the wind chime adding a gentle sound to the whole scene.  Makes me think that all is right with the world.

I like the quiet windchimes, with gentle tones.... it's all very personal, of course.  As some have pointed out, they can be annoying, but really, with all the urban noise, I think we can overeact to loud chimes since we have little control over noisy weedwhackers, lawnmowers, big trucks, car alarms (car alarms... augh), loud neighbor stereos, boom cars.... and windchimes we feel we can deal with.  As with music, what we love, others may find offensive.  It seems volume is the key.

There's no such thing as a "well tuned" wind chime...to someone (probably your neighbour) who really hates them.

If you like it that much......take it inside your dwelling, set up a cheap fan, and chime your brains out!

How many times have a imagined myself sneaking over the fence in the middle of the night with a pair of scissors to visit my neighbour's set of wind chimes?!?!? Too many to count!! Stick to the sounds of birds and Mother nature!

Love them. Just like a water feature in your yard.....they are very relaxing. I have 6 winchimes of all diferent sizes and shapes randomly placed in my Fig Tree. I have never had a negative comment form our neighbors.

I have windchimes that I purchased from Canadian Tire. When they blow in the wind they sound like church bells. If you listen really carefully it sounds like a church bell melody. It is very soothing when I sit in the back yard with my husband reading a book.

The well tuned metal more expensive ones are lovely. Some of the cheap glass ones are just awful noise. I think having one or two of the quieter ones would be fine but I can't imagine anyone having more than that without annoying anyone within hearing distance.

For the most part they are wonderfully tranquil especially well tuned ones and some of the wooden ones from Costa Rica etc have a wonderfully relaxing quality.

I love the sound of windchimes, I have 2 myself. To me they're so soothing to listen to.

I love certain wind chimes, I put them through a test when I purchase mine. If it has a calming sound it comes home with me if not....

I think windchimes are beautiful and sound beautiful in the wind. BUT they can't be the big noisy kind, they have to be light sounding and musical. they have to add to the nature sounds NOT cover them up !!!

Wether tin, wood, ceramic or glass, I love them all and have well over a dozen here at my cottage. With the windows open at nite i hear the gentle clang or clunk very soothing, quite zen to me.

I've just purchased a new house and specifically asked the seller if the neighbours had wind chimes, as I find them so annoying, her answer no!

What do I find when I move in, next door has them tucked away in a corner, all I heard today is the annoying tickle of chimes!

Please have some consideration for your neighnour peace and quite!  

I would like to find some wind pipes that give out ghostly sounds when the wind blows, in the hope of scaring off the neighbour's boys who play in the bush.  A wind chime might drown out the yelling those boys do...thanx

I just took my neighbor's metal wind chimes down from in front of their door. All our doors face in to the apartment courtyard. I for one enjoy the sound of trees in a summer breeze, and I like sleeping with the window open for cross ventilation. So I just grabbed the damned things. So much for the chimes being good luck. They are out $45.

I have a nieghbor who just put a wind chime up.  I used to wake up and hear the birds singing and continued hearing them throughout the day.   I moved away from an area that had too much traffic and other typical beach city noise.  We still live near the beach but further into the canyons where we can enjoy nature.  I wish I could live in the country where I would not have to listen to any inconsiderate nieghbors who impose thier constant noise making on others.

I love wind chimes - just don't hang them by my bedroom window.  I have 9 buildings on my property and each gets its own chime.  Next year, I plan on getting a few for the trees - I won't buy 2 that sound the same.

I have 5 chimes which are very calming in a light breeze.  When a storm is rolling in the sound can be most deafening, and I am sure that my neighbours are unimpressed by the cacophony, although I have yet to receive a complaint.  I may have to rig up a way of silencing them in heavy winds!

wind chimes, are an anoyance, just like dogs barking, and loud music.

I used to find them annoying, but now that I own one myself, it adds to the background sounds.  It's not loud or annoying because I also have it strategically placed between my house and the neighbours therefore sheltered, and find that the chime is a light tinkle and not a loud disturbance.  The neighbours on my other side, along with the neighbourhood dogs barking and stereo's blaring are more of an annoyance than my windchimes which I'd much prefer to listen to!

I love them.  So did my hubby, and he died a few months ago.  I have a small one hanging in my kitchen window that I bought for $5 and redid and it gives a lovely higher tone.  I have a large one that reminds me of a set of church bells that I will hang, but I have a "silencer" so that I can listen to it when I want, but not have it playing when I am not there.  

They are not as bothersome as a bunch of kids screaming as they play in their back yard or the dogs barking when I am trying to sit and relax.

What is my silencer?  Pipe wrap that I put around the central clanger.

I keep my kitchen one un-muted, and sometimes, even when the window is closed, it chimes a little.. maybe my sweetie saying hi.

hate them! such an invasion of private space. no-one would think of coming into my yard and putting their idea of "art" there. why would i want to listen to their idea of

"music" twenty-four hours a day?

suggestion for a keep-the-peace compromise: wind-chime lovers, please put an elastic band around them at night so that we can all sleep.

Why should those of us who love wind chimes have to be deprived to satisfy the preferences of those who don't?  

As long as they are tuned (my friend has one tuned to a Gmaj triad), and as long as you only have one, they are okay.

We have a set of Gregorian wind chimes that play the notes from some cathedral.  I could listen to them all day as they are very quiet and soothing, but then I have heard others that are just annoying.  Just don't put the chimes in a very windy spot.  Less is sometimes better than more.  In this case referring to the wind.

This is a joke right?  Name me 1 designer who would advise the addition of a wind chime.

I love the sounds of windchimes ringing with the breeze. I collect them and love to hear the different sounds they make. I have all different sizes.

I have friends who love the sounds of them also and find them very relaxing to listen to and yet there are those who hate the site never mind the sounds of them.

I do not like the noise!! that they make but I love the look of most them so, what I do is have them hanging but stop them from clanging and banging.

I would rather be raped, shot, stabbed, and left for dead than put up with the mental and psychological effects of wind chimes. They are the "bells from hell."

I also love wind chimes and have made some and bought some. My most unusual one is made out of pieces of stones and shells that were found on the beach at Port Dover Ontario. It has a very soft sound, very soothing  

Some are WONDERFUL, some are HORRIBLE. It ALL depends on the sound. The deeper the tone, the more pleasant they will be to a larger audience. The high pitched "tinkle" of some can definitely irritate after a while.

I hate them with a passion!!  Hats off to Cricket & Flo who ACTUALLY consider that it could be irrating to their neighbours.  Those who find them pleasing to the ear, God Bless You, but remember, as others have said, you con't contain the sound to your yard....so please be considerate.  Some condo complex prohibit them in the by-laws - maybe there's a message there.

Sorry, folks, if you haven't been assured that it's not an annoyance to to your neighbours, your character would indicate your are thinking ONLY OF YOURSELF without the right of quiet enjoyment of others.  

my neighbors have 10 wind chimes aroun their house.  It is driving me carzy.  What should I do.  We really dislike these neighbors.  Should I call the police and file a complaint?  

Our neighbour has lots and when it is windy in the night they wake us up - there should be a bye-law on how many and how loud they are so they do not disturb everyone else!

Bamboo wind chimes are OK but in traditional feng shui metal wind chimes are a "cure".  They are placed in a certain position to fix an energy problem.  If you jjust put them everywhere then (if you  believe in feng shui) you could be creating disharmony for yourself and your neighbours.

Jan  Ref Noisey Wind Chimes - Log a complaint with the council, they'll first ask if you've requested that your neighbour remove them, following that they should as you to complete a log of how often its disturbed you and then follow it up with your neighbour!

come on people..There are a lot more to life than complaining about wind chimes!  They are very relaxing.  Better than neighbors fighting at the top of thier lungs and griping about everything they do. There a lot of bigger issues in this world to be concerned about.  Go talk to your neighbors and try to come to a solution that will satisfy everyone.

I disliked windchimes, considered them tacky and another contribution to noise pollution. Then new neighbours moved in next door; noisy, rude and inconsiderate.  For revenge I scoured the stores looking for a large windchime that was at least attractive.  After placing them in a strategic spot I was surprised - they were not loud - had a wonderful soothing tone and my neighbours have calmed down. Feng Shui at work? Or are they afraid that I'll buy bigger chimes?

They are noise and a sore eye.  If you like the look of them, that's fine, hang them up because everyone is different and like different things.  Imposing the noise on your neighbor is wrong and very inconsiderate.

If you live in the country then go for it; but, living close to other is different. The sad part about it is that many do not like them; but,  they refuse to speak to their neighbors about them thinking it will cause hostility and in some cases it does, it has happened to me.  

I hate the sound whether it is loud or faint.  It drives me crazy.  Personally, they need to stop making them because people do not acknowedge likes and dislikes varies; therefore, everyone might not like them.  In that case, they become noise, making them purchased peace disturbers.

If a person live in close proximity to others then as one person mention above, take them outside when you are there.  That will work.  Most people can deal with anything for a day but everyday, that's to much.

I love my chimes, but I don't have neigbours living so close that I can reach out my kitchen window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in their kitchen! Lucky me.

A few questions for you wind chime loving people:

Are you considerate towards your neighbours?

Why do you insist on putting these things up and then go in doors and shut all your windows so you can't hear them, but us poor fresh air lovers who like our windows open can and have no choice but to shut the windows to cut out the noise!

Why do you put them up and go on holiday for a fortnight over the summer leaving your neighbours with a choice of during hot windy nights of no sleep or slowly cooking in bed because all the window are shut trying to keep out the noise!

This is my neighbour now, nice day wind blowing all his windows are shut!

The people who find them relaxing are the people who OWN them.  It is one thing to choose a sound that you like, another to have a sound forced on you 24 hours a day, year after year, with no hope of ever hearing the wind rustling in trees or birds over the damn never-ending chimes.  It is not a trivial thing at all.  As someone else said, it is exactly like having tinnitus.  I no longer enjoy being in my home.  I don't know if anyone would buy my home because of the 4 windchimes next door.  No-one can possibly love them as much as the inflictees hate them, so take them down.  Most of your neighbours are wishing the worst on you, actually cursing you for your selfishness.  I used to like my neighbours but now have no time or goodwill for them at all, because their windchimes go all day and all night.

Also, windchimes make no sense - for the people who own them, the noise fades into the background, so why have them?  Whereas if you are still conscious of it, it is not a natural sound, it is the sound of metal on metal, and is annoying.  

In response to Sherry's question "Why should those of us who love wind chimes have to be deprived to satisfy the preferences of those who don't?"

Answer - you don't - have them inside.  But they're outside, and you're inside most of the time, and the chimes are not there with you, and you're not listening to them, and they go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and

Got the idea?  If it was every now and then, FINE.  But your neighbours have no chime-free time to look forward to ever, in their own homes that they used to love being in.

Or, if you want to imitate tinnitus, wear bells as earrings.

They are NOT preferable to children playing, powertools etc, because those things STOP at some point.

Anybody here who says "haven't had any complaints" is being naive.  You are driving at least 50% of your neighbours crazy, and they actually hate you.  Being neighbours is about being considerate of each other, and those with wind chimes have used up all their right to consideration in return.  Someone said "chinese water torture", and that is about right.

And to the person who says "I prefer wind chimes to traffic, power tools etc", wind chimes do not TAKE AWAY the noise of those things.  Now in our neighbourhood we have loud music, power tools, AND wind chimes, in the background, all the time, even when those other things stop.

the curse of mankind!

well, it's past midnight, i'm exhausted, and i'm wide awake, listening to the incessant tinkle-tankle of my neighbors brand new wind chimes. their balcony is directly above my bedroom window. it's a breezy night and the racket is remarkably similar to the sound of a metal spoon randomly banging ceramic plates. i'm currently wearing earplugs. i have my air conditioner and my fan on even though it's fall, so to top it all off i'm also freezing. nothing is drowning out that sound. and for any chime-lovers out there, if you want me to chill and enjoy nature...that's fine...nature didn't carve out five wooden/metal/bamboo sticks to hang on a string to sell at a craft fair -- that's a human's doing. screw your wind chimes. they're totally invasive sound pollution. buy a dream catcher they're equally tacky yet they won't keep your neighbors up at night.

Depends on how they sound.

deff. wouldn't have more than 1 or 2 outside of my house though!!

Can tolerate them during the day, but at night they drive me insane.  I have been kept awake in the middle of the night on numerous occasions when the neighbor's wind chimes will not stop making that incessant tuneless clanging sound.  There should be a (short) wind chime season and/or a curfew, even though I know wind chime lovers won't take the time to take them down at night -- I have to say I'd love to see them banned.

I can hear my neighbor's wind chimes INSIDE my home with all windows and doors tightly closed.  Loudly.  

Many thanks to those of you who enjoy your wind chimes in a way that does not impose--you are good people and I am grateful to you.  

But why do the passive-aggressive wind-chime-lovers feel that they can annoy everyone around them with impunity just because they find it so relaxing?  I find violin music very soothing and it makes me feel balanced and at one with nature.  How would you feel if I practiced my violin outside your window night and day non-stop?  Dee K and Cindy, I'm looking at you.,

I live in a duplex and my neighbor has 6 wind chimes on her front porch, which I have the pleasure of listening to day and NIGHT.  She sleeps in the rear of her apartment and I sleep in the front of my apartment.  In the summer time, I did not notice the noise.  It has been months since I was able to sleep through the night.  I wake up at least twice every night, and the first thing on my mind is the sound of those chimes.....I have hesitated to mention it to her, because we are of different races, and I didn't want her to think I was complaining for the wrong reason.  When I was in my 20's I put a wind chime on my back porch and thought it was wonderful, but then my neighbor explained to me that it bothered her sleep at night, and I took it down.  I had forgotten that until this past fall when the winds began blowing for the winter.  None of us has the right to impose our noise upon others who might not enjoy it.   Wind chime lovers should put them inside their homes and place a fan in front of them, then they could enjoy enjoy enjoy........and the rest of us could go on with our lives as we see fit.

I spoke to my neighbor when she first hung up her steel - sounds like chains rattling. She told me it was the most beautiful sound - now few years later - she has included a tingle-tingle kind and the big tube kind.  We live in attached homes - she's in the middle.  They really should be banned.  If you love the sound so much hang one inside and turn on the fan.  With the economy the way it is just can't afford any trouble - or to move -damn.

My neigbour put it on her window and it's like nightmare since then. I think that I've lost my peace and I start to hate home.  Especially when I'm in the yard I can hear it from everywhere. Oh God, I don't like it at all. It's a pleasure for someone and for the other is nightmare.

I wish if someone can help me. I feel so lost, because of all that noises, that when I'm at home I even don't want to go in the yard, even when there are thousand blossoms and birds which sings, that noise is so annoyng. I prayed if God can help me to love my neighbour even more. How can it be that pleasure of someone when I hurts me. Even if you have one please, because of me ask your neighbour if he or she likes them or don't find them annoying.

my neighbor is a complete @!**** I asked him to move his loud wind chimes to the other side of his house. he would not. I hear them inside my house. I don't want to get in trouble with the law but I may have to remove them myself and let him accuse me of taking them. He'll just build new ones anyway. My idea, put a timer on my patio which is right next to his and put on music with beating drums boom music---especially since they sit on their patio and eat breakfast and watch tv in  the am....I'm sure this will annoy him as much as his chime bother me. I hate these frkn things.

The name "wind chimes" is far too melodic a term for such persistent annoyances.  Why, of why, when we are constantly inundated by the insistent noises of a hectic world, would anyone want to supplement the din unnecessarily?  As a previous commenter noted, if the noise ended at your properties edge, do as you wish.  But why would anyone be so unthinking, so uncaring, so selfish, as to inflict such a neverending racket on their friends and neighbours? I long ago stopped calling them "wind chimes;" to me they are simply the "devil's doorbells."

They are the most annoying sounds and they make me sick and I feel like I am going nuts from it!!  I begged my neighbor to take them down and she will not.  I will sue her for the intentional inflliction of emotional distress and her landlord as well.

I dislike the cheap tinny ones immensly. I have 2 hanging beside my patio for their looks......ethnic/primitive. BUT I have have effectively silenced both so they don't make a sound. I agree with those folks who say there's enough racket outside without adding more intentionally.......and 24/7!! That's just nasty.

I found this discussion while searching for bylaws about the damn things. I think they can be lovely here and there, but having to listen to my neighbour's chime without any choice and ALL NIGHT long is hell. It has been keeping me up and driving me insane. Not fair at all I think. I had visuals of hitting it like a pinata with a big stick. Ahhhhh.

Maybe I will put my 3 year old on their lawn every time she has a tantrum. See how they like not having a choice.

it's honestly driving me mental. I like to hear the sounds of nature, but that is not natural.

I also think they are pretty tacky!

Hate them!!  My neighbour on one side has an annoying wind chime that tinkles 24/7 and the neighbour on the other side built a full basketball court.  Imagine the noise from basketballs and the wind chime from these two idiots. Drives me nuts.

To a boy, the sound of his booming car stereo is fun and enjoyable.  Yet, most peace lovers would agree the sound is intrusively over the top.  (Cities are now waking up and creating laws against loud car stereos.)  But the kid would argue: "It relaxes me.  It makes me feel alive."  Most thinking people would say, "I'm extremely happy for you, but that does not mean I need to hear you coming from two blocks away.  Keep it down."

Chimes can never be a matter of "personal taste" because neighbors WILL (involuntarily) hear the noise around their property and INSIDE their home.  Get this straight: CHIMES ARE A PUBLIC NOISE.  The sound does not stop at the property line, but (because of the chime's design) resonates every where.  That places chime owners in the same lot with the dog owner who permits their animal to bark incessantly, or the kid with the thumping car stereo, the man child with the chopped pipes on his motorcycle, or the bonehead who runs lawn equipment at 6:30AM.  

Part of adulthood means cultivating the ability to see how your words and actions affect others.  That includes the people you may not even like.  And by that I don't mean advocating for a passive, sissified, PC, hand-wringing way of living.  Empathy can be taken too far.  But in the case of unwanted noise, I have to question the maturity of a person who insists on inflicting their public noise upon others.

A chimer probably sees themselves as a really nice, enlightened  person in search of some soothing backyard Zen, but in the end they are just another noise polluter.  

But alas, given the the comments posted by the chimers, I think we're dealing with individuals who are immune to reasonable discussion regarding their behavior.  I see the same blank denseness in bad parents, bad dog owners, and bad husbands.  Sounds to me like its time to get some city noise ordinances updated and made more inclusive.  Who's with me?

I think wind chimes (Especially the large metal pipe ones) should be BANNED.  I know veterans with PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) that hear those(damn) things (Like my neighbors) and it reminds (PTSD sufferers) of gunfire and other horrors of war. There is nothing charming about them; they are a noise pollution, at best and should not be imposed on neighbors. People who want those type of windchimes (And noise) should live right near highways or airports, so as to know how we (PTSD) victims feal--sleep deprived and frustrated.