Some flat sounding bells
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
This GS E bell on the KCS Heavener Sub sounds like its trying to emulate a Westinghouse Hybrid bell. Crossing in question is at 15:41. GS Type 1 possibly?
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
The signal shown in the video looks to be newer and the bell on it's a GS Type 2, so I'm gonna guess the bad bell there's a GS Type 2 as well. Or at least supposed to be one, lol.Nascar Fan007 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:34 pmThis GS E bell on the KCS Heavener Sub sounds like its trying to emulate a Westinghouse Hybrid bell. Crossing in question is at 15:41. GS Type 1 possibly?
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Here's another bad-sounding GS Type 2, though not as off as the one in the above posts:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Another very-off-sounding GS Type 1 here, thanks to the fog at the time of recording:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Oh wow, wonder how that happened? Something jammed-up in the gong, maybe?
At least the one on the crossing in the thumbnail sounds rather nice still, lol.
At least the one on the crossing in the thumbnail sounds rather nice still, lol.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Another quite flat Safetran bell:
EDIT: This mechanical bell in the Neatherlands in the first clip also sounds very flat:
As shown later in the video, the bell in question has since been replaced.
EDIT: This mechanical bell in the Neatherlands in the first clip also sounds very flat:
As shown later in the video, the bell in question has since been replaced.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
One of the mechanical bells here also sounds pretty flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
The GS Type 1s here have that sound to them caused by moisture:
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