[Trombone-l] Air Horn Symphony

[Chris Tune]

So, an interesting (and, frankly self-rewarding) grant project would be to 
establish as my lab experiment to read the dB meter (making copious notes) 
while listening to "When You Wish Upon a Star" as played by The Magic. . 
.and, of course, it would have to be at sea. . .since the nearby buildings 
and other ships would reinforce the sound pressure level. .

Chris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "emrose79" <emrose79 at sonic.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Air Horn Symphony


> Along the same lines.... My wife and I were on a Disney cruise, The
> Magic, a few years ago. When we left one of the ports, The Magic
> "saluted" the other ships, and they responded in kind. At the NCL ship,
> we further gave them a special salute with the smaller horns along the
> stack, which played "When You Wish Upon A Star".... NCL tried to
> respond, but couldn't.....
> oh, and Earl... we had one of your "friends" come into our place with a
> train horn! only blew it for onlookers..... our "baby freights"
> (FL112s!) are lucky to have any horns at all!
> Ed
>
>
>
>
> Earl Needham wrote:
>
>>At 08:12 AM 3/27/2006, Bill Dinwiddie wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hey Earl,
>>>
>>>I heard an NPR feature, where they interviewed a guy who had actually 
>>>gotten
>>>together 12 trucks, and arranged a piece for the air horns which was to 
>>>be
>>>performed at the Super Bowl, I think. I can't remember what piece it
>>>was....not the National Anthem, but they played it and it 
>>>sounded...pretty
>>>awful. But he should get an E for Effort, and a C for Creativity.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>         Hahaha!  I think I heard something about that, and if it sounded
>>just awful, then he probably didn't have them tuned right.  I've been
>>reading about air horns a bit, and I find that you can tune them to just
>>about any note you like.  In fact, train horns are spec'd to particular
>>chords, and some railroads want major, some want minor, some seem to 
>>prefer
>>"tone clusters" that just make LOUD NOISE, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>>He never got to play it at the Super Bowl...security concerns or some 
>>>such
>>>nonsense. I think he should do it next year.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>         Yeah, let's hope so.  Such effort needs to be exposed -- er, 
>> uh -- 
>>I mean, rewarded!  <G>
>>
>>         Hey, didja' ever hear the barking dog's rendition of Jingle 
>> Bells?
>>         Earl
>>
>>
>>Earl Needham, KD5XB, Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
>>
>>Looking for one MasterMobile 20-meter coil (might say "Davis Electronics"
>>on it)
>>
>>Say NO to unbranded junk -- insist on an original TRISTAR!
>>
>>
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