The Knocking Chime

Your challenge to get people knocking sent me straight into invention mode! I jogged across the living room to the tall wooden side table, where a brass keychain bell sat beside an upside-down ceramic ramekin. I grabbed a glossy wooden clothespin, wedged the handle of a metal key tightly between its prongs, and anchored the base with a heavy glass paperweight right at the edge of the wood. When I hopped up and stomped the protruding pin, the key swung down with a crisp, echoing *nauk-nauk* rap against the glazed ceramic rim! It was loud, bright, and impossible to ignore—a perfect invitation to come rap right along!