Brighton Marina, West arm, circa 1983. There were no public loos so you had to shimmy onto a ledge surrounding a white round building at the end of the arm. So, 12 yr old me shimmy around, mid pee and unknown to me .....BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.. .the damn fog horn came on. I must have jumped about 30 feet in the air and how I didnt fall into the sea is still a mystery to me. I came off that thing, shaking like a leaf, covered in pee!!! Fun times.
Yes that's it that's the sound. When I was about 6-10 years old and it was run by the coast guard. Just fantastic excellent job. I thought I would never hear that sound ever again. Thanks.
Looking at this as he describes it, it seems that the first little valve, what he called a "motor drive" is a kind of transistor. It takes a little "power" to get moving but it allows for a greater amount of power to flow. Kinda cool
I dunno, maybe it sounds better from a long distance over water? We had one a few miles away in Lake Superior back in the '50s/'60s that had such a deep mournful sound. I loved going to sleep with it.
So just imagine back over 100 years ago in some major manufacturing city the cheapest rents in town were next to the fog horn factory. Here’s another thought, back then the workers may have been called to work by steam horns, then work all day building steam horns, then end a work shift by yet another horn.
Would it be possible to drive the piston with some sort of powerful solenoid actuators, which are modulated by audio signals, and therefore turn it into a electro-pneumatic megaphone speaker with earth-shattering SPL?
The Diaphone fog horn is an adaption of the Diaphone used in the pipe organ which produces the 64ft sounds a famous example being in the worlds largest pipe organ in Boardwalk hall which has a 64ft Diaphone.
@veiledzorba for just the diaphone, the pressure is brought to 45 psi in that tank. He uses a 1936 Schraam towable compressor. Typically the tank is pressurized to 120psi, he blows steam whistles on that, then when the pressure gets down to 45 he can switch to the diaphone
Stay tuned - I'm going to be posting more with this horn. I'm going to be going back in a few weeks. The small, Type B Diaphone in other videos is mine. Definitely more of that coming soon as well.
Most Gamewell Diaphones today are also used by Fire houses by Fire Departments in the Atlantic coast like Nj NY PA CT MA and VT and Rhode Island and basically its was used for Same Principle as regular would do . It would go off anytime for Fire call or Morning or Noon Test however Town set it up some Gamewell Diaphones usually go off for Tranditional days like for Veterans day on November 11th during Ceramonys or Memorial services or Curfew
That's correct! My horn was used for fire purposes, though I'm not sure where. So far I've been able to confirm the Two Rivers Lighthouse, Fourteen Foot Shoal, and Point Iroquois lighthouses had Type B. More had Type C. (Lorain, OH for example) The US government modified the C by separating the motor drive, creating the CC...the smallest horn to feature a grunt. Grand Traverse Lighthouse has a working CC. Gamewell provided a lot for the lighthouse service...bell strikers and signal timers were the big ones.
The internal cylinder is cast brass. In the Type B, the slots were cut with a sawblade to very exact measurements. I'm not sure how the larger horns were done but it could very well have been the same way.
i guess w/ a lighthouse as a source of the sound one could get a bearing on where the horn was warning of though in the fog that would probably be difficult. yay radar.
The Sharks horn is not quite like this, but I can hear the similarity. The Sharks horn is a Kahlenberg Triton S-120. Manufactured by a small company in Two Rivers, WI. th-cam.com/video/DpvOXwEwS9A/w-d-xo.html
I came here hoping to hear it sound! Thank you for posting!
My 4 year old son loves listening to sirens and fog horns. He loves the ending of this video thankyou.
There's more noise makers in other videos on my channel as well! Thanks for stopping by!
I find it fitting that there was a train horn going off in the background for part of the video.
Never knew the technicals on the source of that sound but I've heard it many times from light houses around here as a kid and love it.
Brighton Marina, West arm, circa 1983. There were no public loos so you had to shimmy onto a ledge surrounding a white round building at the end of the arm. So, 12 yr old me shimmy around, mid pee and unknown to me .....BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.. .the damn fog horn came on. I must have jumped about 30 feet in the air and how I didnt fall into the sea is still a mystery to me. I came off that thing, shaking like a leaf, covered in pee!!! Fun times.
Yes that's it that's the sound. When I was about 6-10 years old and it was run by the coast guard. Just fantastic excellent job. I thought I would never hear that sound ever again. Thanks.
Grew up in the 60s with a diaphone fire horn just a few blocks from my house in Edgartown Mass. Used to regularly scare the heck out of me.
I have one of those myself! I sounded it alongside this horn in a different video
I bet his neighbors just love him.
I bet your neighbors. Love you 😁. Thanks, great video.
Holy Grunt!
this sounds Awesome!
This is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
Looking at this as he describes it, it seems that the first little valve, what he called a "motor drive" is a kind of transistor.
It takes a little "power" to get moving but it allows for a greater amount of power to flow. Kinda cool
Very much enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing!
I dunno, maybe it sounds better from a long distance over water? We had one a few miles away in Lake Superior back in the '50s/'60s that had such a deep mournful sound. I loved going to sleep with it.
Cool stuff!
Fun fact Harry Barry who owns this fog horn owns 2 functional Chrysler Air Raid Sirens.
powered by a hemi engine I believe
@@tomstiel7576 yep, a 180 hp 331 cubic inch hemi.
Outstanding. Sounds great too.
So just imagine back over 100 years ago in some major manufacturing city the cheapest rents in town were next to the fog horn factory.
Here’s another thought, back then the workers may have been called to work by steam horns, then work all day building steam horns, then end a work shift by yet another horn.
fairly well described detail..
Would it be possible to drive the piston with some sort of powerful solenoid actuators, which are modulated by audio signals, and therefore turn it into a electro-pneumatic megaphone speaker with earth-shattering SPL?
It's been done, in Britain and maybe in other places. The sound is said to have carried for miles. Can't remember the inventor unfortunately.
Thanks for posting this!!
Incredible sounds
That would be so fun to vibrate your neighbors out of bed in the morning. I mean, hey, the early bird get the worm, right ;o)
The Diaphone fog horn is an adaption of the Diaphone used in the pipe organ which produces the 64ft sounds a famous example being in the worlds largest pipe organ in Boardwalk hall which has a 64ft Diaphone.
What's the PSI in that 1K gallon tank, and what kind of compressor setup do you use to pump it up?
@veiledzorba for just the diaphone, the pressure is brought to 45 psi in that tank. He uses a 1936 Schraam towable compressor.
Typically the tank is pressurized to 120psi, he blows steam whistles on that, then when the pressure gets down to 45 he can switch to the diaphone
I like Learning how Fog horns works
Stay tuned - I'm going to be posting more with this horn. I'm going to be going back in a few weeks. The small, Type B Diaphone in other videos is mine. Definitely more of that coming soon as well.
Most Gamewell Diaphones today are also used by Fire houses by Fire Departments in the Atlantic coast like Nj NY PA CT MA and VT and Rhode Island and basically its was used for Same Principle as regular would do . It would go off anytime for Fire call or Morning or Noon Test however Town set it up some Gamewell Diaphones usually go off for Tranditional days like for Veterans day on November 11th during Ceramonys or Memorial services or Curfew
Or some towns don't ever bother hearing the Gamewell Diaphones so sometimes the Fire Department would Silent the Horn or take out of service
That's correct! My horn was used for fire purposes, though I'm not sure where. So far I've been able to confirm the Two Rivers Lighthouse, Fourteen Foot Shoal, and Point Iroquois lighthouses had Type B. More had Type C. (Lorain, OH for example) The US government modified the C by separating the motor drive, creating the CC...the smallest horn to feature a grunt. Grand Traverse Lighthouse has a working CC.
Gamewell provided a lot for the lighthouse service...bell strikers and signal timers were the big ones.
That was awesome
I like loud noises.
If you know about the heritage horns in vancouver, BC, What if they were diaphones instead of horns?
Very interesting
He’s out the back playing with his horn
So what are the Slots made out of? I'm guessing it plays an F' 4 octaves below middle c?
The internal cylinder is cast brass. In the Type B, the slots were cut with a sawblade to very exact measurements. I'm not sure how the larger horns were done but it could very well have been the same way.
Need that on my truck
i guess w/ a lighthouse as a source of the sound one could get a bearing on where the horn was warning of though in the fog that would probably be difficult. yay radar.
On old lighthouses, were these sounded 24x7, or only when there was fog?
Only when there was fog or other obscured visibility
This reminds me of the sharks hockey goal horn gor some reason, I don’t know if it’s like the same
The Sharks horn is not quite like this, but I can hear the similarity. The Sharks horn is a Kahlenberg Triton S-120. Manufactured by a small company in Two Rivers, WI.
th-cam.com/video/DpvOXwEwS9A/w-d-xo.html
DINNER TIMMEEEEE!!!!!!!
Pilot-operated valves.
Fairly superficial explanation of how it works
Well that sounds just makes me overly excited in all my appendages.