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ACME Alarm Whistle
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€42.72
ACME Alarm Whistle
This portable alarm whistle produces a distinctive siren sound through precise mechanical engineering, allowing the pitch and intensity to rise and fall with control over your breath. The design generates a sustained, penetrating tone that carries over distance, making it effective both as an emergency signal and as a tool for creating varied acoustic effects.
Sound and Playing Technique
The whistle's siren effect emerges from careful modulation of breath pressure. By varying the force of your air stream, you can swell the tone upward and allow it to decrease again, creating a dynamic, wavering sound that attracts attention through its distinctive character rather than sheer volume alone. The sustained quality of the tone means a single breath can produce a prolonged signal.
This capacity for dynamic control makes the whistle useful beyond emergency signalling—it can generate a range of sound effects suited to musical composition and theatrical application, where the rising and falling siren quality becomes a deliberate artistic element rather than a functional necessity.
Construction and Materials
The whistle combines plastic, brass, and nickel in a compact, robust design. These materials contribute to both the durability of the instrument and its acoustic properties, allowing the whistle to maintain consistent performance through repeated use while withstanding the physical demands of portable operation.
Historical and Practical Context
Whistles of this type have long served as reliable signalling devices for emergency coordination and alert purposes. Beyond this functional heritage, the distinctive siren sound has found application in creative fields including theatre, film, and experimental music composition, where the tonal qualities can be integrated deliberately into a soundscape or score.
What's Included
You receive the whistle ready to use. No assembly or preparation is required—sound is produced immediately through breath alone.
The ACME alarm whistle remains a standard tool across emergency services, performance disciplines, and sound design, valued for its reliable projection and tonal distinctiveness.
Price:
€42.72
ACME Alarm Whistle — This emblematic British whistle, patented in 1895, produces a distinctive rising and falling siren sound thanks to its precise engineering. Manufactured by J. Hudson & Co., it combines plastic, brass and nickel in a portable format (7.5 × 2.5 cm) offering powerful sound projection. Historically used for emergency signalling and coordination, it has established itself as a sound design tool for theatre, cinema and experimental musical compositions, allowing variable intensity modulation depending on breath force. A versatile sound instrument that connects over a century of reliability to creative exploration.
| Origin | Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Weight | 0,04 kg |
| Dimensions | 7,5 × 2,5 × 2,5 cm |
| Materials | Plastic - Brass - Nickel |
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ACME Alarm Whistle
Caution: Not suitable for children under 3 years. Please supervise older children. Beware of swallowing small parts, strangulation, material allergies, sharp edges and points! Use only for sound generation. No liability for improper use.
Care: Extreme temperature fluctuations, humidity and direct sunlight can affect the lifespan. Please store in balanced humidity to prevent material changes, mold and corrosion. Remove dirt with a damp cloth. Dry after cleaning and each use.
Disposal: Please contact your local waste disposal authority for information on environmentally sound disposal!
ACME Alarm Whistle
This portable alarm whistle produces a distinctive siren sound through precise mechanical engineering, allowing the pitch and intensity to rise and fall with control over your breath. The design generates a sustained, penetrating tone that carries over distance, making it effective both as an emergency signal and as a tool for creating varied acoustic effects.
Sound and Playing Technique
The whistle's siren effect emerges from careful modulation of breath pressure. By varying the force of your air stream, you can swell the tone upward and allow it to decrease again, creating a dynamic, wavering sound that attracts attention through its distinctive character rather than sheer volume alone. The sustained quality of the tone means a single breath can produce a prolonged signal.
This capacity for dynamic control makes the whistle useful beyond emergency signalling—it can generate a range of sound effects suited to musical composition and theatrical application, where the rising and falling siren quality becomes a deliberate artistic element rather than a functional necessity.
Construction and Materials
The whistle combines plastic, brass, and nickel in a compact, robust design. These materials contribute to both the durability of the instrument and its acoustic properties, allowing the whistle to maintain consistent performance through repeated use while withstanding the physical demands of portable operation.
Historical and Practical Context
Whistles of this type have long served as reliable signalling devices for emergency coordination and alert purposes. Beyond this functional heritage, the distinctive siren sound has found application in creative fields including theatre, film, and experimental music composition, where the tonal qualities can be integrated deliberately into a soundscape or score.
What's Included
You receive the whistle ready to use. No assembly or preparation is required—sound is produced immediately through breath alone.
The ACME alarm whistle remains a standard tool across emergency services, performance disciplines, and sound design, valued for its reliable projection and tonal distinctiveness.
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