Enjoy the birds, wind, and … The sculpture also offers a view of Pendle Hill, the Cliviger wind turbines and the town of Burnley, where the Turf Moor football stadium is located. Singing Ringing Tree. Ringing or "girdling" a tree was a common practice in the old days for clearing land. As previously mentioned, The Singing Ringing Tree wasn’t the only sculpture commissioned. On a hilltop in Burney, Lancashire, the Singing Ringing Tree hums with the sound of the breeze blowing through its tubes. A 3-meter-tall, wind-powered musical sculpture made of galvanized steel pipes, it stands high above the English town of Burnley. This incredible bit of engineering is part sculpture, part musical instrument. The Singing Ringing Tree also offers a panoramic view of the Lancashire countryside. Ten years later, a second version of the Tree was built in the outskirts of Austin, Texas. In many instances if the land was being used for pasture the tree would later be taken down and the stump left. This piece of public art is high above Burnley on the Pennine moors. High on the Pennine Moorsthis sculpture uses wind to generate discordant and haunting sounds. The Singing Ringing Tree is a musical sculpture standing in the wind on a hill overlooking Burnley. Overlooking Burnley in Lancashire, it was completed in 2006 and is made up of a series of pipes that sound when the wind blows through them. Singing Ringing Tree. From far and wide, the tree’s profile is visible on the horizon, appearing and disappearing in the mist. Looking like the wreckage of an Alien space craft, this Futuristic Sculpture is Art Jim, but not as we know it. The film is often described as one of the weirdest and creepiest children show in the world. The film was called The Singing Ringing Tree, and none of those children could have known that they were watching a film that was the product of East Germany. The pipes swirl to form the shape of a tree bent and blown by the wind, and produce an eerie, melodious hum as the constant wind on Crown Point drifts through them. It uses the prevailing westerly winds to generate discordant and haunting sounds to accompany the view from Crown Point. The Singing Ringing Tree was one of 14 winners for the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architecture for Architectural Excellence in 2007. The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture that resembles the shape of a tree, overlooking the Pennine Hills and the town of Burnley in Lancashire, England. Families and friends journey to Burnley to hear the tree sing. The Singing Ringing Tree is aptly named. It is situated close to the Dunnockshaw Millennium Wood, where many native flora and fauna can be observed. 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