Suzuki does sell individual replacements, I bought a few last year. If there are a few unusable chimes now, you can try to tune them, nothing to lose, I was able to tune 8 of ours and 2 others were too far gone and had to be replaced. They tune like a tuning fork, which is what they are. If the chime is flat, you either file the tips, in effect making the legs shorter, this must be done evenly or sustain will be affected, or, the inside of the legs near the tips can be filed, again evenly, to reduce mass. If the chime is sharp, filing is done down in the "******" area.
Suzuki does sell individual chimes.
Go to Suzuki Musical Instruments. Clik on the educational part. Go to parts and service . There is a list with the prices. They are not cheap!
Karen
Not likely to find replacements. You need to analyze why the tones have changed. If you can find cracks (dip in distilled water with vegitable color and let them drain to show cracks) possibly they could be welded and then tuned. Another thing that will cause them to go flat is contamination buildup. Metal chimes just don't go out of tune unless subjected to very high heat, deformation, significant wear, contamination or cracks. ALSO be sure and check your pitch reference device. Use a tuner like a Korg. Do not depend on pitch pipes, pianos, etc as they may be the device out of tune. Electronic keyboards often have the ability to set the reference frequency so in short, verify your tone reference device.
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