Singing Beach Chairs

As we contiue walking down the beach pwalking path, Ocean Front Walk you’ll see a pair of 7-foot high by 4.5-foot by 4-foot stainless steel and aluminum sculptural chairs, backed by a set of five 16-foot high resonant stainless steel pipes. These are Santa Monica Singing Beach Chairs. wind harp beach chairs.”

The “Singing Beach Chairs” are oversized chairs designed to produce musical tones when struck by the wind

The Singing Beach Chairs were constructed in 1987 as public art by San Francisco Artist, Doug Hollis. At the time he called them “wind harp beach chairs.” The sculpture was originally constructed in 1976 for the San Francisco Exploratorium.

Hollis' tall ocean-facing chairs take advantage of the unique ocean breeze conditions south of the Santa Monica Pier, where early afternoon on-shore breezes produce a humming resonance through the steel pipes.  

The chairs are large enough to fit two people and the aluminum pipes run 18-feet high sending music out up to 500 feet.