Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by McK&H.Aust » Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:22 am

This Italian crossing has a couple of very flat sounding teardrop bells...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhtnnFT08iY&t=42s
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:40 am

McK&H.Aust wrote:This Italian crossing has a couple of very flat sounding teardrop bells...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhtnnFT08iY&t=42s
I have posted that here before.
NathanFromEngland wrote:The yodalarm on the right side of the crossing sounds really sick, while the one on the left is dead.
Crossing has since sadly been upgraded, using that annoying black yodalarm and those ugly Polish-looking gate mechanisms, Lydney Junction was also upgraded too.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Oct 07, 2018 1:38 am

The Safetran Type 3 here doesn't sound very happy!
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:32 pm

Not quite a bell, again, but one of the alarms at this crossing in Cornwall sounded rather jumpy.


Although as of September 2018, the issue appears to have been resolved.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by ZachL » Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:01 pm

I hear no difference between the two videos...
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:23 am

ZachL wrote:I hear no difference between the two videos...
Listen closely at 0:27 in the first video
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by ZachL » Sun Oct 14, 2018 2:47 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
ZachL wrote:I hear no difference between the two videos...
Listen closely at 0:27 in the first video
I did. I can also hear it in the second video you posted.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:17 am

Here is a flat sounding RACO bell on a installation on the Strasburg Railroad


(Skip to 0:51)
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:54 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:Here is a flat sounding RACO bell on a installation on the Strasburg Railroad


(Skip to 0:51)
Also skipped a few beats while ringing, likely why those are to be replaced within the next year or so (which means I should probably get back up there as soon as possible).
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:51 pm

Here's a pretty bad mechanical bell in Poland:
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