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Factastical Friday – The Feeling Horny Edition

Facts about train, car, ship, and fog horns. Leghorns not included

Most American car horns beep in the key of F.

Train horns are usually chords. The more common ones being AMaj6,A7, C# dim7, and D#m.

The pitch of a typical foghorn is equivalent to B3 on a piano (the third-lowest “B” key)

Ships over 200 meters in length a required to have horns in the range of 70–200Hz. 70Hz is equivalent to the second lowest “C” on a piano.

The loudest car horn could be heard 9.3 miles away. It was actually a WWII Navy destroyer horn modified for a minivan.

Posted By:Admin August 26, 2011

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