To see our other Buoy Bells please click
here.Buoys are usually
anchored or moored
at the entrance to a
harbor or at the edge
of a channel, as a
guide to navigators.
They are
instrumental in
providing a system of
safe navigation of
coastal regions
throughout the world.
Bell buoys are
surmounted with a
bell that is sounded
by the motion of the
waves. Tones are
carried for a great
distance over water,
and most bell buoys
have thier own
distinctive mix of
tones for easy
identification, even
before a sea-faring
navigator actually
reaches them.
The Maine Buoy
Bells™ are made with
Cor-Ten®, a high
grade steel used on
bridges, guard rails,
and buildings
because it requires
no maintenance.
Cor-Ten® will not
flake, peel, or rust
out, but as it
weathers it naturally
oxidizes. The steel
tempers with age,
adding strength, and
creating clearer,
more resonant tones.
The bells are
designed to hang
outdoors year-round,
without twisting,
tangling, or beaking.
The bells can be silenced by
pushing the stricker up into the pyramid.
The creator of the
Maine Buoy Bells™
was a New England
lobsterman for many
years. He recorded
the actual bell buoy
sounds and spent
hours cutting steel to
match the resonant
tones. This windbell
collection is based
on his interpretation
of many bell and
gong buoys along the
New England
coastline. They
provide the listener
with the beautifully
haunting tones that
accompany life in a
New England harbor
region.
Cor-Ten® is a
registered trademark
of USX Corp.
Maine Buoy Bells™ is a trademark of North Country
Wind Bells, Inc.
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