[78-L] The Fading Sounds of Analog Technology

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 3/4/2011 4:01, David Lennick wrote:
> On 3/4/2011 4:52 PM, kil wrote:
>> From: "David Lennick"
>>> Here are a few more lost sounds, from the radio-tv list where this thread
>>> first
>>> turned up:
>>>
>>> gas station air-lines that 'ding' a bell
>>>
>> That one is not lost.  We have a Hess Station that still does that.  It's
>> still free too.
>> RayK
>>
> I think that was referring to the "ding" you'd hear as you drove onto the
> property, to alert the attendant (remember "attendants"?), not the air hose
> (glad to hear there's still free air somewhere though).
>
They did run on hoses which were trailed across the drives. One end was 
connected to the pneumatic ringer and the other end was plugged. When a 
tired compressed the hose, it would send a pressure pulse to the ringer. 
I remember. I ran gas stations until the 80's.

And cars still get "tuneups". When the points, timing and fuel mixture 
were just right, the car actually made a distinct tone at idle.

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