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Title: Original Password Question:
Post by: TimK2003 on March 17, 2022, 02:37:10 PM
One sound effect that always piqued my curiosity was the "winning bell" that would rapidly ring when a team reached 25 points, then near the end would "slow down" to a stop.

I had a theory:  Was this bell manually operated by turning a crank for a wheel that had evenly-spaced hammers/clappers that would ring the bell as they passed by...then the operator would let go of the crank and the wheel and dings would slow to a dead stop?

Can anyone confirm or deny this particular bell set-up?  With all the other electronic buzzers and bells they used, I was surprised that they would use such an "archaic" contraption, but that sure sounds like it.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: knagl on March 17, 2022, 06:23:17 PM
I mean, I guess they could have, but honestly I always just figured it was a person with a traditional doorbell button just pressing it rapidly then slowing down on the last few dings.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: Adam Nedeff on March 17, 2022, 06:31:59 PM
Never occurred to me to ask but I thought it was a dinner chime (tiny xylophone).
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: knagl on March 18, 2022, 01:04:16 AM
Quote from: Adam Nedeff on March 17, 2022, 06:31:59 PM
Never occurred to me to ask but I thought it was a dinner chime (tiny xylophone).

I feel like that would be too prone to misfires (missing the chime with the mallet), but I guess anything's possible.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: chris319 on March 18, 2022, 04:50:07 AM
Maybe the mechanism was motorized and started to slow down when power was cut off to the motor?
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: chrisholland03 on March 18, 2022, 09:13:06 AM
That was my assumption as well
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: Jimmy Owen on March 18, 2022, 10:16:31 AM
I was hoping the guy with the xylophone on Number Please moved to Password.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: Mr. Matté on March 18, 2022, 12:11:48 PM
https://youtu.be/_axTnKnUUBs?t=843

How about the lightning round time's up sound later on in the 60s run? It basically sounds like some guy smacking a bunch of different percussions.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: mmb5 on March 18, 2022, 06:48:06 PM
Quote from: Jimmy Owen on March 18, 2022, 10:16:31 AM
I was hoping the guy with the xylophone on Number Please moved to Password.
vibraphone
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: NickintheATL on March 19, 2022, 02:09:29 PM
Side note/observation: They had a different bell when they were in Hollywood. Distinctly different.
Title: Re: Original Password Question:
Post by: SuperMatch93 on March 19, 2022, 04:02:54 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 18, 2022, 12:11:48 PM
How about the lightning round time's up sound later on in the 60s run? It basically sounds like some guy smacking a bunch of different percussions.

As a percussionist, that sounds like someone swinging the clapper around in a dinner bell.