Waitsburg, Washington noon siren

[Daniel]

I drove up to Waitsburg today to look at those horns, which are apparently just very old speakers. They are visible on the city hall building on the right. However, I caught the Sterling siren across the street sounding for a noon test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNI_mPA9ZAE

[PhRed]

I detect two different ports that obviously don't vary by much...1 or 2 at most.

This is IMO odd for a Sterling.

[Daniel]

It is a standard dual-16 port. You are probably hearing a Doppler effect or just the husky quality of those long rotors. If it were something like a 15/16, there would be a pronounced 2nd interval like those 8/9 sirens in Portugal.

[Archon]

Sounds just like a double 16 port sterling. But note these are very old Rotors and they can be pitted or have pieces missing so it will effect the sound on them

[sirendude2012]

IT sounds very healthy for a 90+ year old siren!

[holler]

3 things that never die: Cockroaches, Sterlings, and Keith Richards.

[SirenMadness]

I think it's just the echo bouncing off the buildings and the nearby hill. BTW, wasnt the five-horse Sterling a single head?

[Mark N]

3 things that never die: Cockroaches, Sterlings, and Keith Richards.

Not even a nuclear bomb can kill any of them!

[ver tum]

The echo on the wind-up is epic. This siren has a unique low undertone, probably due to an issue with at least one of the rotors, like Archon said. Nevertheless, it makes it sound great.