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Recently I finished restoring my 59 Around the World pin. I love the game, but the one and tens bell sound horrible. Instead of a nice bell sound it clunks like a mid 70s Williams chime. The bells are attached to the mounting bracket with a rivet which I believe is stock. In an attempt to improve the sound I removed the rivet and installed a bolt with a grommet. It didn’t help. What can I do to get a nice bell ringing sound instead of this horrible clunk?
Quoted from Vintage-Pinball:Sure they aren't cracked? Do they sound ok if you tap them with a screwdriver or something? Or that the nylon tipped plungers that strike them are broken or missing.
They aren’t cracked they sound normal when I flick them with my finger and the plungers are new. I’m baffled.
Quoted from frenchmarky:Are the grommets that the plunger(s) sit on when at rest still there? Sure that the new plungers are the correct length etc.? Though it's still hard to imagine how those would make the bells sound like a 'clank' instead of a ding or a dong. So if you hit 'em with a screwdriver handle or whatever, they sound fine?
Originally the bell was attached to the bracket with a rivet. I removed the rivet and replaced it with a bolt and new grommet. The bell sounds fine when I tap it with my finger or other object. I noticed the coil mount can be adjusted to sit closer or further away from the bell. I may try to adjust it as another attempt. The sounds are a big part of the experience and a clunk isn’t good.
Quoted from jrpinball:A photo on ipdb shows the two bells inside the backbox. Both are electrically operated bells.
Not sure if this is correct; one of the bells is usually a mechanical clapper type mounted under the 0-9 unit. Are both of your lightbox
bells electrical as in that photo?
JR I posted pictures of my game in the machine section of this site. There are two electrically operated bells in the back box. The picture was taken before I made any changes.
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