Some flat sounding bells

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NathanFromEngland wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:22 pm Bit of a bad sounding WCH bell on this crossing.
Man, those sound worse than when I was there back in 2017:
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Bad alarm here!
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One of the bells on this crossing in Slovakia is extremely flat.


Didn't sound really that bad in 2016 though.
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These bells sure sound pretty bad:
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There's a pretty horrible-sounding Safetran bell in this video:
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Not as bad as other dying Safetran bells I've heard. :Tongue1:
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Here are some seriously flat bells on a crossing in Italy.
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The buzzers here sound really bad, only making the occasional "tick" noise:


EDIT: This WCH e-bell is a bit messed-up. :LOL3:
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freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:20 pmEDIT: This WCH e-bell is a bit messed-up. :LOL3:
Almost sounds like something is drawing too much power on that one.
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This Griswold bell has died twice before, and this is UP's second time fixing it. Unfortunately, I doubt this fix will last too long given how it sounds rather flat and weak:
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