America The Beautiful JWS Handtuned Chime 6 tubular chimes, paddle engraved with musical notes F4,D5,C5,A#5,A5,G4. Metal, wood, 30 in. removable cord. Katherine Bates wrote this composition during a trip to Colorado in 1893 and the view from Pikes Peak inspired her poem, America the Beautiful. Melodic wind chimes for home and garden.