[1] It consists of many small chimes—typically cylinders of solid aluminum or brass tubing about 3/8" in diameter—of varying lengths, hung from a bar.
They are played by sweeping a finger or stick through the length of the hanging chimes.
They are typically mounted in pitch order to produce rising or falling glissandos.
[4] Mark trees are colloquially called wind chimes in some modern repertoire.
However, the mark tree and wind chimes are two separate instruments, differing in construction and manner of sounding.