1.Stain using an oil based stain or finish the wood in its natural beauty and apply several coats of high gloss spar urethane, sand between applications W / 220 grit sand paper.

2.Fig.1- Start by running the cord up through the center hole of the wind chime head and through the closed end of the hanging hook (Space 6” between the bottom of the chime body to the top of the hanging hook) and down through one of the RED holes and back up through the RED hole next to it and up and back through the suspension hook and back down and up again in the next set of RED holes. When the cord has been laced through all 6 of the RED holes you should have approx. 3-4” of cord, wrap this tightly around the the 6 strands of cord and tie off on the center piece of cord ,trim and heat seal the end to prevent fraying.

3.Fig.3 Next we will begin lacing on each section of tubing. Crimp the assembly tool eye to hold the cord tightly in place. Lace the cord up through the center hole on the 3 hole pattern and back down through the hole to the left of the center hole and pull the cord through until the cord end is flush with the bottom of the chime body in the center hole and then put a brass escutcheon pin in the hole left of center and push all the way down, DO NOT PUT A PIN IN THE CENTER HOLE AT THIS TIME.

4. Lay out the sections of the tubing starting with the longest length of tubing first and then the shortest length of tubing, next longest, next shortest and assembled in this configuration will balance out the weight evenly so the wind chime will hang level.

Take the longest section of tubing and run the cord through the eyelets and bring the cord up through the next hole to the left (Fig.3) Leave 1” of space between the end of the tubing and the chime body now lace the cord down through hole # 4 and loop back up through hole # 3 and back down through hole # 4 these steps are repeated until all sections of tubing are laced to the wind chime body. See (Fig.4)

5.To install the pendulum (tubing striker) (Fig.5) Pull the center cord down through the hole in the striker and position the striker approx. 2” above the bottom end of the shortest section of tubing and tie a knot to hold in place.

6. The final step is to attach the wind catcher by pulling the cord through the hole in the wind catcher and measure from the bottom of the wind catcher to the top of the hanging hook to obtain the overall length of your wind chime kit.