Sounds you wouldn't have heard in the 1880's

[HisArpy]

Can you think of a common everyday ordinary, unique sound that didn't exist then? I can.


The sound the toilet paper roll makes on the holder as you pull on it.

A "jake brake" on a semi truck.



List yours. Just remember, the sound has to be a common, everyday, ordinary, noise that's unique. A bell is a bell whether it's clanging away in a church steeple or from your cell phone letting you know you have a call. On the other hand, the sound of that first zipper going up was unique.


Your turn.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

Jet airplanes flying overhead.

 

[oggbashan]

Jet skis like buzzing hornets.

Harleys.

Blues and twos on an emergency vehicle.

Air raid sirens (yes - we still have them for flood warnings).

Computer printers.

 

[juttjaw]

The hum of air-conditioning.

 

[Bidin~Time]

a dish washer

 

[Saint_Ann]

SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon rocket launch


Amazing.

 

[phrodeau]

Hi-hat cymbals.

 

[Saint_Ann]

THEREMIN - Over The Rainbow

 

[EdEc]

A tuba.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

A tuba.

Tubas were around then

 

[phrodeau]

Tubas were around then

Yes.

Sousaphones were new in 1893, designed for marching bands. They sound just like standard tubas.

 

[Rightguide]

The sound of a machine gun at the OK Corral.

The hum of a fluorescent tube in Edison's lab.

 

[PaxNurgle]

the "Sput sput sput sput" of a Volkswagen Beetle engine
The "Garr-rarr-rarr-rarr-rarr" of a Dodge Ram engine
The "purr..purrr...purrrr...." of a 1980's vintage cat-faced mercedes diesel engine.

crappy metal, like Slipknot or Meshugganah
GOOD metal, like Dio, Iron Maiden and Metallica

That "Chunk chunk, Doot diddle-loopy doopie dippie chunk" of a standard cell phone ring tone.
People running their lawn mowers at 6:00 AM.

 

[phrodeau]

Leaf blowers.

 

[Conager]

The oscillation of a washing machine.

High speed grinders shrieking. (Maybe)

The sizzle of electric arc welding I don't think was viable till 1890.

 

[HisArpy]

That's it?

Planes, trains and automobiles are all you can think of?

What about the gurgle from the water in the sewer pipe from the upstairs bathroom? The click as the thermostat trips to turn the HVAC unit on? That sound the oven burner makes when it ignites to preheat the oven?

What about the clink of ice cubes in a glass? Or the sound the refrigerator door makes when it closes?

There are more things that make noise in the world today than just planes, trains, and automobiles.

 

[Shifty_McGee]

Tim Rapeys fat lips flapping in the wind.

 

[Liar]

Vuvuzelas

 

[jomar]

Click of a ballpoint pen
Rotary phone whir
Windows operating system sign in/off notes
Screech of faxes connecting
Speakers at a drive in movie
Buzz of electric toothbrush/shaver
Hiss and whomp of a gas grill firing up
Sound of assorted electric/battery operated tools
Shower vent fan
Sliding glass door shrrr

 

[doowdniw]

Electronic metronome

 

[Rightguide]

That's it?

Planes, trains and automobiles are all you can think of?

What about the gurgle from the water in the sewer pipe from the upstairs bathroom? The click as the thermostat trips to turn the HVAC unit on? That sound the oven burner makes when it ignites to preheat the oven?

What about the clink of ice cubes in a glass? Or the sound the refrigerator door makes when it closes?

There are more things that make noise in the world today than just planes, trains, and automobiles.

They had ice houses in the 1880s.

 

[oggbashan]

That's it?

Planes, trains and automobiles are all you can think of?

What about the gurgle from the water in the sewer pipe from the upstairs bathroom? The click as the thermostat trips to turn the HVAC unit on? That sound the oven burner makes when it ignites to preheat the oven?

What about the clink of ice cubes in a glass? Or the sound the refrigerator door makes when it closes?

There are more things that make noise in the world today than just planes, trains, and automobiles.

They had ice houses in the 1880s.

And ice deliveries - which were used in domestic refrigerators - a large ice block sat at the top and gradually melted only to be replaced on the next delivery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade

Gurgle of water from a plughole? - baths and bathrooms existed in the 1880s even if most didn't have them.

 

[SpeareChucker]

a dish washer

She made the same under-breath protests then as she does now
when doing my dishes and laundry.

 

[SpeareChucker]

The oscillation of a washing machine.

High speed grinders shrieking. (Maybe)

The sizzle of electric arc welding I don't think was viable till 1890.

Waterwheels drove machinery.


Drove fish crazy.


Now we dam them.

 

[oggbashan]

A pneumatic road drill.

A domestic electric drill, saw, router, heat gun etc.

The whoop of a wind turbine generator - yes they had windmills but the sound was very different.

An expresso coffee machine.

An amplified pop group (and amplified electric guitars etc,)

Sound on a movie.

A juke box.

Musak