Some flat sounding bells

[KCMO Railfan]

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)

[NathanFromEngland]

Here is a bad WCH mechanical bell.

[ZachL]

That would hurt my ears if I were up next to it.

[freebrickproductions]

One of the Hybrids here sounds rather horrible:

Honestly it is kinda hard to tell since the GS Type 3 is rather loud

Well, a close-up of the signal with the bad bell was gotten recently. The bell has gotten a bit of a tune-up, but it still misses a good few beats while ringing:

[ZachL]

One of the Hybrids here sounds rather horrible:

Honestly it is kinda hard to tell since the GS Type 3 is rather loud

Well, a close-up of the signal with the bad bell was gotten recently. The bell has gotten a bit of a tune-up, but it still misses a good few beats while ringing:

Makes me wonder if it's either not getting enough voltage or if something is causing the magnet to malfunction?