Dodge City
Gottlieb, 1965I really thought some of you might enjoy this and probably give me some insight also. My Dodge City and other Gottlieb machines have distinct sounds for different point values, but my Gigi does not. I've heard other peoples Gigi on youtube and noticed the same thing....same bells and same sounds.
So I decided to do a test...order two different bells that I didn't have that were all 3".
Feedback welcomed....short 2 min video.
Nice show and tell Joe. 
Other options in case you have a machine with 2-3 Bells and really want the sounds to stand out.
http://www.norkro.com/store/bells-c-155_153/
ebay.com link: CHIMES BELLS HAMMERS
I'm sure there are more sources but these are a good start.
Ken
Plated = 1, 10 pts (This is the sound I remember from my Bank-A-Ball)
Black Bell = 100 pts (Again this is the bell I remember hearing in my Bank-A-Ball)
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The brass bell is for something that has the same tone 1,10,100 like a Slick Chick. (I think)
You will hear a brass bell for every bell tone for GiGi in everyone's You Tube videos.
Now that I have watched Slick Chick videos online it seems like some only have one bell tone (Brass like mine) and some have brass and one of the other bells.
Why are the bells going to be in the cabinet. The 60's bells have always been in the head.
Cross Town and, I suspect, many other 60's Gottliebs, have the 100 point bell in the cabinet. I wish it was in the head as it can't be heard so well in that thick wood.
The black bell is the thinnest, so it's the lowest point value. The other two bells (neither is brass by the way) are thicker and would be for high point values. The gold one is just the plating Gottlieb used to resist rust. That's why the two non-black bells sounds the same (they are identical aside from the plating.) They used this goldish plating on a lot of other part, but they are not made of brass. The thickness of the metal is what changes the sound between the black and non-black bells.
Gottlieb eventually stopped using that gold colored plating and went to zinc plating in the 1970s. that's why corrosion became more of an issue then, because zinc plating is not nearly as long living as that gold plating (but is obviously cheaper.)
Good info guys! I didn't think it was actually made of brass. What was interesting was when I first got this machine they were both covered with tape to dampen the sound! So I had to get aggressive with cleaners and it took off the tape and the brass finish a little. So I went to listen to my Dodge City and it has the "black" tone for the lower point values and the brass ton for the higher values....so I'm going to setting up the Gigi like that and see how it goes.
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