Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:17 pm

Here's another very flat Safetran bell:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:50 pm

Filmed this Federal Signal bell with a cracked gong in South Carolina last month:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:24 pm

This one Safetran mechanical bell in Belleville, IL, still sounds pretty bad:


Neither of these Safetran mechanical bells sounds all that great either:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:32 pm

The WCH e-bell on the closer signal in the first clip was pretty well messed-up:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by Gametrain54321 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:56 am

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:39 pm

Here's a rather flat Hybrid bell:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by Gametrain54321 » Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:45 pm

This isn't really a flat bell but I know ya'll have put e-bells in here before. This GS type-2 has some trouble ringing as the gates are lowering.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:47 pm

Here's a pretty bad Safetran bell down in SE Georgia:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:22 pm

And here's a struggling Hybrid bell:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:36 pm

One of the WCH bells here sounds like it has a cracked gong on it:
They/Them for me, please.

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