Horn and Whistle Forum International

(posted by AM, 11 February 2017) "The force is strong in the 31 bell, it's holding on tight. Fear not, I have heat, oil and a big dead-blow hammer on my side. 1975 ex Australian National S5T. A spare soft face from a smaller mallet has been doin the trick." --------- 16707569_10211510352372572_18567...

(posted by Michael Muha, 5 February 2017) "A little bell tuning/conversion work today. The request was to make an insert to convert a raised letter 4A to a 4, factory spec dimension." ---------- 16427315_10212041490940826_1350200083253166939_n.jpg 16508479_10212041491620843_1894922215391044279_n.jpg...

(posted by Michael Muha, 28 January 2017) "Rebuilding some round Leslie S power chambers. As bad as these things looked, the wear on the nozzles was only moderate. That is to say nozzle protrusion ranged from .010 minimum to .012 minimum. Even with all the corrosion and fouling, light sanding of the...

(posted by Michael Muha, 27 January 2017) "Ex-Amtrak AEM-7 937 K5LA manifold repair. Remove stuck hex socket pipe plug in base (which for additional fun has a stripped-out head) and the remains of two 3/8-16 bolts after someone made an attempt to drill them out but the drill wandered and left a sign...

(posted by Edward Kaspriske, 21 January 2017) "A non horn project at HORNS INC. the last couple of days, rewire my shop to neaten things up plus add a 220v circuit to accommodate a new bench grinder/polisher" ---------- 16114839_10206034717666352_6738507533187148987_n.jpg 16195885_10206034719226391_...

(posted by Michael Muha, 15 January 2017) "Some K horn tuning today. The typical sharp 2 bell needs boring out to lower the pitch to F#. It's center, cut, measure, test, repeat as necessary..." --------- 15977173_10211825114491550_34438836143440555_n.jpg 16003152_10211825114891560_583435074500121385...

(posted by Michael Muha, 14 January 2017) "#5 K bell reconditioned today and octave match tuned to the #1 bell. This #5 started out a very weak D+35 (D#-65). After recutting, it came out D#-10. Which coincidentally matched the #1 bell. I guess sometimes you get lucky..." ---------- 15966035_10211813...

(posted by Edward Kaspriske, 5 January 2017) "Nocturnal horn meet Horseshoe Curve 2009." ----------- 15823231_10205935440584487_8159989832406641838_n.jpg 15843951_10205935444904595_8960026474389352247_o.jpg 15875322_10205935442544536_1799198479498461593_o.jpg 15896193_10205935440944496_5416968363400...

(posted by DO, 26 December 2016) "Thought I'd add in my ugly horn for the day. The notorious K5CA-LS. Notes are C, D#, A, A#, C. Apparently Transport Canada mandated this horn on all passenger units because it gets people's attention better than a regular 5 chime. They may be right. It makes me want...