How does this sound, Glen?
http://trainhorns.net/leslie/s2m_011117_1.wav
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
Castle Graphics
www.castlegraphics.com
zephyr98072 wrote:
> Dan Sabin:
>
> Hopefully you will see this. I believe you will find that the horns
> on the CB&Q E units (the E9's at least) were Leslie Supertyfon Chime
> Whistles Type S-2M-BO, with a #31 horn and a #44 horn. If you are
> trying to replicate the tones the CB&Q used, the correct tone
> combination was more of a dischord than melodic. The lower tone
> was "D Flat" above middle C, and was fairly stable. The higher tone
> was originally "A" above middle C, and over time on some units would
> drop to somewhere between "G Sharp and A", but not close enough to G
> to lose the dischord sound. The higher tone chime would also
> frequently produce a much more shrill tone on a quick whistle that was
> the 2nd "G" above middle C. On sustained blasts of the whistle the
> 2nd "G" above middle C was unstable and would quickly lower to "A"
> above middle C. Hope this helps.
>
> Glen Haug
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>,
> no17eng654@... wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Bill
> >
> > If I knew the manufacturer and model details, I could certainly do
> that.
> > Perhaps someone on this list would have that information.
> >
> > Daniel R. Sabin, President
> > Iowa Northern Railway Company
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
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