Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:30 pm

The working Safetran bell here sounds quite flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:28 am

The mechanical bell heard at the crossing towards the end of this video sounds like a cowbell:


You can hear it pretty well starting about 21:15 in the video.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:25 am

Not necessarily flat, but the bell heard in the first clip here don't sound too great:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:55 pm

Here's a very flat Safetran mechanical bell:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by UPking » Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:41 pm

Ain’t it always the safetrans... that particular one reminds me of Cherry Hill in PA.
Bells go "ding". Lights go "flash". And the WCH Gate Mechanism at Kirkwood Road goes "chigRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by Gametrain54321 » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:05 am

Not sure if this was posted, but this WCH bell sounds a tad bit flat:

This hybrid also sounds a bit flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:41 pm

The Safetran mechanical bell that was here was extremely flat:


As you can see in the last clip though, the bell has since been replaced with a GS Type 2.

A WCH mechanical bell at 1:05 in this video sounds pretty bad as well:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:12 pm

In the third video of this crossing in the below video, the GS Type 1 sounds a bit off when it starts, likely due to the rain at the time:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue May 25, 2021 2:17 pm

One of the WCH bells here is extremely flat sounding:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:10 pm

The Safetran mechanical bell here sounds like it's just about dead:
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