WWII Italian electromagnetic siren
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:44 pm
This is a Mussolini-era electromagnetic siren from La Sonora. It is essentially a huge electric horn suspended above a conical reflector. Rome had a system of these during WWII and a few still remain. I posted a video of one of these being used by a VFD as a fire horn (second video), but today I found one (first video) where the horn's pitch is being modulated to imitate a siren. The third video is a news article which shows several of these horns plus a view of the control box.
Variable tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6QD1g3oGc
Straight tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx0MJNB2lzE
News article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrNqgPoygs
Variable tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6QD1g3oGc
Straight tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx0MJNB2lzE
News article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrNqgPoygs