Some flat sounding bells

[NathanFromEngland]

Here is by far one of the most horrible sounding alarms I've heard. (1:54 and 12:10)


Notice how the rate of speed slightly changes and the tone changes in the first clip
In the second clip, the alarm glitches, the tone changes, and on deactivation it glitches very badly!

Since then the alarm has been replaced.

[freebrickproductions]

The WCH mechanical bell here sounds rather flat:

[ZachL]

The WCH mechanical bell here sounds rather flat:

Wow, it sounds like the WCH e-bell there is turned down low! I could hear the mechanical bell's clicking over the e-bell!

[NathanFromEngland]

Here's a GS Type 1 with a pitch problem.

[Nascar Fan007]

Here's a flat sounding wch mechanical bell underneath the Truman Rd bridge in Kansas City, Missouri.

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a very flat Safetran bell:

[NathanFromEngland]

Here's a very flat Safetran bell:

Sounded reasonably healthy back in 2014... probably gong rotation? (1:26)

[ZachL]

Here's a very flat Safetran bell:

Flasher was on the fritz at the beginning in that left signal as well..

also, I agree something is off. how does a bell go from perfect to flat in that little time?

[NathanFromEngland]

Here's a very flat Safetran bell:

Flasher was on the fritz at the beginning in that left signal as well..

also, I agree something is off. how does a bell go from perfect to flat in that little time?

Depends, all i can think of is the winters in Missouri, or just gong rotation.

Because after all, the temperatures can drop presumably low enough for bells to freeze and become damaged, now i'm not an expert but we have seen frozen gongs before.

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a very flat Safetran bell:

Flasher was on the fritz at the beginning in that left signal as well..

also, I agree something is off. how does a bell go from perfect to flat in that little time?

Depends, all i can think of is the winters in Missouri, or just gong rotation.

Because after all, the temperatures can drop presumably low enough for bells to freeze and become damaged, now i'm not an expert but we have seen frozen gongs before.

Well, listening to this video, it seems like the bell was already starting to have trouble back in 2014, as it was ringing rather unevenly when Kight last recorded it:

Sounded reasonably healthy back in 2014... probably gong rotation? (1:26)