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model train rings out a tune

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Posted by maxman on Monday, April 19, 2021 7:49 AM

Didn't recognize any of the tunes.

But I can't help but think that Gomez Adams might have had a different approach to this.

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Posted by gregc on Monday, April 19, 2021 6:50 AM

i saw this on the PBS NewsHour on Sunday. (can't find link on the PBS site)

they said the museum staff was bored and decided to try to break the guiness record.  one problem was it took so long to set up that evaporation detuned the glasses.   they said they added a light oil to inhibit evaporation that worked

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Posted by cowman on Sunday, April 18, 2021 8:08 PM

Talk about a lot of work, not just the layout.  Tuning all the glasses and spacing them correctly must ahve taken quite awhile.

Have fun,

Richard

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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, April 18, 2021 7:56 PM

Damn, that's impressive.

I had a model Christmas-tree train a couple of decades ago that had one of those programmable multiple-bell Christmas-tree tune-ringers built into its consist, but this... this is much more impressive.

 

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model train rings out a tune
Posted by gregc on Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:31 PM

greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading

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