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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 7:14 pm
by ZachL
NathanFromEngland wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 5:22 pm The nearside motorized-mechanical bell on this Italian railroad crossing sounds very flat.
Sounds like a bunch of hammering...

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:01 am
by freebrickproductions
The Safetran(?) bell at 0:34 in this video seems to be rather flat:

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:28 pm
by freebrickproductions
The bell at the start of this video sounds rather flat:

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:32 am
by freebrickproductions
Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:11 am
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:32 am Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:
That crossing is on the site: http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Tampa/39/

Here's a video from caltran927 from 11 years ago of the crossing. The bells were in better shape then, but they definitely sounded like they were on their way out:

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:17 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:11 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:32 am Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:
That crossing is on the site: http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Tampa/39/

Here's a video from caltran927 from 11 years ago of the crossing. The bells were in better shape then, but they definitely sounded like they were on their way out:
Even then one of them was sounding rather flat, at least a lot more like a cowbell back then, anyways!

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:52 am
by NathanFromEngland
Although it is hard to hear, one of the EBA E-Bells on this Dutch railroad crossing sounds a bit off.

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 8:42 am
by ZachL
NathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:52 am Although it is hard to hear, one of the EBA E-Bells on this Dutch railroad crossing sounds a bit off.
I think that actually sounds beautiful

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:38 am
by NathanFromEngland
Here's a crossing in Italy that has some pretty rough sounding bells, one of which is flat.

Re: Some flat sounding bells

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:39 pm
by ZachL
NathanFromEngland wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:38 am Here's a crossing in Italy that has some pretty rough sounding bells, one of which is flat.
Interesting ring pattern there...it almost sounds like they're being manually rung.