Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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freebrickproductions wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:54 am
NathanFromEngland wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:28 am The WCH mechanical bell sounds a bit flat here.


But then again, this is Florida after all.

Edit: Look's like the video is refusing to embed for me, how do i fix this?
Just remove anything and everything after the video ID, like I've told you (and done for you) 20,000 times before...

Also, looks like you've got the wrong video anyways, as the one you're trying to embed is the one I posted above, so you'll probably want to make sure you have the right link this time as well:
freebrickproductions wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 12:09 am This bell sounds a bit weak:
Ah, i was trying to post this! I thought i copied and pasted the link to this video but i must've messed up somewhere!


Anyway, back to topic.

Here is a few crossings from South Korea with flat bells.




Horrible sounding buzzer.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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NathanFromEngland wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:57 amAh, i was trying to post this! I thought i copied and pasted the link to this video but i must've messed up somewhere!
That's actually Sulphur Springs, not Seminole Heights.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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These bells don't really work:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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freebrickproductions wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:49 am These bells don't really work:
Maybe they could do with a little bit of oil?
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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One of the alarms on this crossing descends into a flatline.


I'm not very sure if this crossing had it's alarms replaced or toned down, as they sounded different 7 months earlier.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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Here is a Pratt Avenue crossing in Poland, the mechanical bell to the far left only lets out two rings before it dies for the remainder of the video, the bell to the right has been horribly modernised with a buzzer.
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This WCH bell sounds a bit rough:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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freebrickproductions wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:49 pm This WCH bell sounds a bit rough:
Also rings a bit faster than average as well, I think.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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Here's a bad sounding Safetran Mechanical Bell that was on Highway 2 in Enfield, NS:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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The BC Railfan wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:45 pm Here's a bad sounding Safetran Mechanical Bell that was on Highway 2 in Enfield, NS:
Sounds like the hammer's starting to wear through the gong at the point of contact. Either that or it's been over-tightened. Loosening and rotating the gong could fix things up.
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