(Photo source: The CRHS Newsletter)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Richards (AA7EE), who writes:
Thomas – I know you’ve posted before about the NBC chimes, so I thought you might be interested to know that CHRS, the California Historical Radio Society, has acquired one of 8 original NBC chime machines. They don’t think that more than a dozen were ever made. CHRS have their own building on the island of Alameda, CA, and are putting a huge amount of time and work into amassing an impressive collection of vintage radio gear. [I]f you scroll about 1/3 way down this page, you’ll see the news, along with a brief history of an NBC chime machine, and pictures of the one they now have in their collection. It is a rare find indeed!
Very cool! Thank you for sharing this, Dave! I’m very happy to hear that these chimes have proper custodians.
A number of nice examples of the chimes here:
http://www.nbcchimes.info/nbcsounds.php
so…..lets hear the darn thing!
Oh, man. I am sorry that I missed the CHRS sale last weekend. I had two crowns replaced the day before and didn’t feel like driving much. What a fine set of chimes. I remember hearing Radio Rumbos (Caracas) on shortwave during the 1970’s. I think that they used chimes for every break. Good luck to CHRS!
As I mentioned in an SRAA posting (https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-reloj-august-30-2015), Radio Reloj, Cuba, uses similar chimes.