# Looking for melodious briquet with chimes inside **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-melodious-briquet-with-chimes-inside/715488 "2015-03-20T14:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-melodious-briquet-with-chimes-inside/715488/1 "2015-03-20T14:33:37Z")
About 30 years ago, I bought this thing for a friend and I’d like to find another one. Very hard to Google because of the terms involved. The object was the size and shape of a charcoal briquet-- fit easily in the palm of your hand. Made of metal, probably steel, with a blackened, handmade texture, roughly welded seams, etc., earthy-looking and beautiful. You shook it and then held it up to your ear and you heard the most lovely, melodious, wind-chimey sounds. I remember the sounds being quite slow and deep, not quick and tinkly. There was a depth of sound that was mesmerizing, like low-pitch wind chimes falling in slow motion. Years later I came across something like this at a craft fair, but it didn’t have that marvelous sound…it just sounded like bits of broken glass inside a shiny metal tennis-ball thing. The creator of this hand held no-wind chime was in Colorado, I think. I made a point of keeping his contract info at the time, but I’ve never been able to find it. It was pretty expensive, around $100, which was a hell of a lot for a present at the time. I’d ask the friend about it, but he died a few years ago. Can anyone give me a lead on this? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-melodious-briquet-with-chimes-inside/715488/2 "2015-03-20T14:50:52Z")
This is the concept: [http://harmony-ball.com/harmony5.htm](http://harmony-ball.com/harmony5.htm) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-melodious-briquet-with-chimes-inside/715488/3 "2015-03-20T17:53:02Z")
Guessing you’re looking for [baoding balls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoding_balls). Pretty much any store in any city’s Chinatown will sell cheap ones, but fancy ones can be found. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-melodious-briquet-with-chimes-inside/715488/4 "2015-03-20T18:02:35Z")
Correct concept, but the one I’m seeking isn’t a sphere. Thanks.