I've heard that steam imparts a quality that plain air doesn't. You can make an old whistle talk by how you play the valve. But that solid sound is impressive. Amazing that they did that.
I worked for a man when I was in college that had a steam whistle in his living room. He dad had "stolen" it when the family lumber mill closed back in the early 30's. He became a drilling contractor in the East Texas oil patch. This man I worked for got some company to install the whistle one weekend. He recorded it when they used it on Monday, then found out it couldn't be removed until the following weekend as it was under steam pressure for the whole workweek. It was a beautiful piece of "art".
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That was remarkable -- it is tragic that the Titanic had to wet its whistle the hard way...
I've heard that steam imparts a quality that plain air doesn't. You can make an old whistle talk by how you play the valve. But that solid sound is impressive. Amazing that they did that.
I worked for a man when I was in college that had a steam whistle in his living room. He dad had "stolen" it when the family lumber mill closed back in the early 30's. He became a drilling contractor in the East Texas oil patch. This man I worked for got some company to install the whistle one weekend. He recorded it when they used it on Monday, then found out it couldn't be removed until the following weekend as it was under steam pressure for the whole workweek. It was a beautiful piece of "art".
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