The earliest known observations about Aeolian sounds from a "scientific" viewpoint were made by Athanasius Kircher in 1650.
[1] An Aeolian tone is produced when air passes over an obstacle, resulting in trailing vortices with oscillatory behavior.
These eddies can have strong periodic components, resulting in a steady tone.
For air moving over a cylinder, empirical data shows that an Aeolian tone will be produced with the frequency where
[3] Aeolean sound was heard around San Francisco, California beginning June 5, 2020, as a consequence of high winds and new walkway slats installed on the Golden Gate Bridge.