Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:54 am
Here's a flat sounding wch mechanical bell underneath the Truman Rd bridge in Kansas City, Missouri.
Here's a very flat Safetran bell:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:46 am
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:36 am
Sounded reasonably healthy back in 2014... probably gong rotation? (1:26)
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:58 pm
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?
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:40 pm
Depends, all i can think of is the winters in Missouri, or just gong rotation.ZachL wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:58 pmFlasher 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?
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.
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:00 am
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:NathanFromEngland wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:40 pmDepends, all i can think of is the winters in Missouri, or just gong rotation.ZachL wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:58 pmFlasher 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?
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.
NathanFromEngland wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:36 am Sounded reasonably healthy back in 2014... probably gong rotation? (1:26)
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:00 pm
Here is a bad WCH mechanical bell.
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:23 pm
That would hurt my ears if I were up next to it.
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:25 am
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 wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:38 amHonestly it is kinda hard to tell since the GS Type 3 is rather loudfreebrickproductions wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 1:07 am One of the Hybrids here sounds rather horrible:
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:18 pm
Makes me wonder if it's either not getting enough voltage or if something is causing the magnet to malfunction?freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:25 amWell, 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 wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:38 amHonestly it is kinda hard to tell since the GS Type 3 is rather loudfreebrickproductions wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 1:07 am One of the Hybrids here sounds rather horrible: