It was after hearing the effect of the wind upon the strings of an acoustic guitar that Roger Winfield began to experiment with wind music. After creating a variety of weird and wonderful devices using strings and soundboxes he found that his main problem lay in achieving a satisfactory level of volume. Eventually he began using magnetic pick-ups to amplify the wind as it played the strings. This led to the creation of an orchestra of eight beautiful Aeolian harps created with the help of local luthiers Phil Davidson and John Kinkade. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.