Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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The GS Type 1 heard a bit after 4:45 in the video below has a bit of a weird start-up on it, probably due to condensation or left-over rainwater:
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Here's a bad e-bell:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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This Safetran Type 3 in the land down under doesn't sound very great.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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freebrickproductions wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:34 pm The GS Type 1 heard a bit after 4:45 in the video below has a bit of a weird start-up on it
Wow, that does sound weird.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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I'd say this thing certainly counts:


EDIT: Here's how the bell was sounding 4 years ago:


EDIT 2: Elliot got another video of the bell, with it making a different sound:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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Here's a high pitch sounding wch e bell located on the Sedalia Sub in Dresden, MO. Crossing activation at 0:32. Almost sounds like a gs type 1. I assume the bell is a wch type 1 as it does sound like it has a scratchy tone to it
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The working Safetran bell here sounds quite flat:
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The mechanical bell heard at the crossing towards the end of this video sounds like a cowbell:


You can hear it pretty well starting about 21:15 in the video.
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Not necessarily flat, but the bell heard in the first clip here don't sound too great:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

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Here's a very flat Safetran mechanical bell:
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