[PRR-talk] GG-1 Horn

[abendschein at comcast.net]

John, 

Back in 1984 when Dan Cupper and I wrote our book on GG1 No. 4800 I did some research on the G's horn.

Here's what we wrote:
"In an article on horns in the November-December 1974 issue of Extra 2200 South, the voice of the Leslie A-200-156 horn was characterized as the sound of the GG1 and produced a fundamental note of D sharp in the octave below middle C.  This D sharp has a frequency of 155.6 Hz."

Here's where there is an mp3 file:
http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

And here is video and sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdnMGXCNF0

I personally would call the the GG1's voice as a low, mellow, distinctive, authoritarian, and somewhat mournful sound.

Hope this helps.

Fred Abendschein

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From: "John Cooper" <johncoop at charter.net>
> Does anyone have a recording of a GG-1 horn?  If not, can anyone tell me if it 
> was it high pitched or low?  Harsh sounding or mellow?  I'm trying to find a 
> suitable imitation for a 1 1/2" scale GG-1.
> 
> John
> 


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