[GreenKeys] Model 15 Noise Suppression

[Steve Garrison]

But a Kleinschmidt is still music to one's ears!!!  I'll send you a recording when I get mine purring!

Steve G./N4SEG
Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 13, 2011, at 18:44, Bruce Gentry <ka2ivy at verizon.net> wrote:

> 
> When I was in high school 44 years ago,  a fellow who introduced me to 
> Teletype had an effective and novel soundproofing method. He mounted a 
> model 15 with pedestal on a piece of plywood, and put a partially 
> inflated boat trailer tire inner tube under it all. It pretty much 
> eliminated the  sounds transmitted to the floor, and the soundproofing 
> inside the cabinet was still in good shape. His shack was on the top 
> floor of his house, so I'm sure everyone was pleased with the sound 
> reduction. It made the machine a little unsteady to type on, but you 
> could get used to it rather quickly. When I joined the Air Force and 
> heard 15s on regular wooden floors, the difference in sound was quite 
> apparent. Klienschmidts were noisy no matter what kind of floor they 
> were on,   a 15 or 28 was much easier to  be around  for hours at a time. 
> 
>     Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
> ______________________________________________________________
> GreenKeys mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html