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Why do horns in small cars sound so weak and small?
On Friday, September 24, 1993 at 10:56:37 AM UTC-4, Don T. Borowski wrote:
> John R Laplante ) wrote: > : > : Big cars have horns that make 'big sounds.' Loud. Full. > : Small cars have horns that make 'small sounds.' "tinny." "beep beep". > : > : I thought of this yesterday when I was driving my big old buick, > : and had a need for the horn. I thought "i'm glad i'm driving this > : car, rather than my Camry." The camry is not a small car, but > : it still has a small car "beep beep" sound... > : > : So.. the question is: what are the determinants of the sound of > : cars? Why do the horns on small cars sound as they are? > : Is it because the engine compartment is smaller? Is the horn > : smaller? Not powered as much? Do new big cars still have > : that sounds that you get from the big old cars? > It is because someone has designed it that way. > To same money (and a bit of weight), a lot of small cars come with just > a single horn. A lot of the old Detroit iron had two horns tuned to > different notes. This is probably the biggest difference in the sound. > The solution is easy. Just go down to the local junk yard, and get > the horns off some old Detroit iron. Wire them up, and get that > good old satisfying sound. > > Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division > "Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly." > -G.K. Chesterton |
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