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The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> to warn people of danger. The horn is activated</del> to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard. Motor vehicles, ships and trains are required by law in some countries to have horns. Trams, trollies, streetcars, and even bicycles are also legally required to have an audible warning device in many areas.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>A '''horn''' is a sound-making device installed on [[motor vehicle]]s, [[train]]s, [[boat]]s, and other types of vehicles. The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard. Motor vehicles, ships and trains are required by law in some countries to have horns. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Trams<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Trolleybus|</ins>trollies<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>streetcars<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, and even <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>bicycles<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> are also legally required to have an audible warning device in many areas.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==Types==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==Types==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===In other languages===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===In other languages===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Several languages have either borrowed or transcribed the name into their lexicons. In Japanese, the word {{Nihongo|"klaxon"|クラクション|kurakushon}} [[generic trademark|refers to car horns in general]]. This is also true in languages such as French ({{lang|fr|klaxon}}), Italian ({{lang|it|clacson}}), Greek ({{lang|el|κλάξον}}), Dutch ({{lang|nl|claxon}}), Russian ({{lang|ru|клаксон}}), Polish ({{lang|pl|klakson}}), Spanish ({{lang|es|claxon}}), Romanian ({{lang|ro|claxon}}), Czech ({{lang|cs|klakson}}), Turkish ({{lang|tr|klakson}}), Indonesian ({{lang|id|klakson}}), some Arabic dialects ({{lang|id|كلاكسون}}) and Korean ({{lang|ko|클랙슨}}).</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Several languages have either borrowed or transcribed the name into their lexicons. In Japanese, the word {{Nihongo|"klaxon"|クラクション|kurakushon}} [[generic trademark|refers to car horns in general]]. This is also true in languages such as French ({{lang|fr|klaxon}}), Italian ({{lang|it|clacson}}), Greek ({{lang|el|κλάξον}}), Dutch ({{lang|nl|claxon}}), Russian ({{lang|ru|клаксон}}), Polish ({{lang|pl|klakson}}), Spanish ({{lang|es|claxon}}), Romanian ({{lang|ro|claxon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}), Bulgarian ({{lang|bg|клаксон</ins>}}), Czech ({{lang|cs|klakson}}), Turkish ({{lang|tr|klakson}}), Indonesian ({{lang|id|klakson}}), some Arabic dialects ({{lang|id|كلاكسون}}) and Korean ({{lang|ko|클랙슨}}).</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==Regulation==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==Regulation==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 97:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 97:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>The [[hornophone]] consists of a set of bulb horns tuned to a [[chromatic scale]] and arranged as a [[musical keyboard]] on a frame like a [[xylophone]]. The [[klaxophone]] is a similar musical instrument using a set of klaxons.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>The [[hornophone]] consists of a set of bulb horns tuned to a [[chromatic scale]] and arranged as a [[musical keyboard]] on a frame like a [[xylophone]]. The [[klaxophone]] is a similar musical instrument using a set of klaxons.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>===Other uses in music===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The song ''Car Alarm'' by [[Too Many Zooz]] is based on the sound of a honking horn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/band-too-many-zooz-base-entire-new-song-philly-car-alarm-music-video/|title=This band managed to base an entire song off a Philly car alarm|website=www.phillyvoice.com|date=27 September 2018|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==See also==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==See also==</div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Latest revision as of 14:52, 26 November 2024</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Sound-making device for moving vehicles</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Car horn" redirects here. For the song, see <a href="/wiki/Car_Horn_(song)" title="Car Horn (song)">Car Horn (song)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horn_(instrument).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg/220px-Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg/330px-Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg/440px-Horn_%28instrument%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The single reed bulb horn was popular on early automobiles.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Car_Horn.wav" title="File:Car Horn.wav">Car horn</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="4" data-mwtitle="Car_Horn.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/Car_Horn.wav/Car_Horn.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/Car_Horn.wav/Car_Horn.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Car_Horn.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">The sound of a typical car horn</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>A <b>horn</b> is a sound-making device installed on <a href="/wiki/Motor_vehicle" title="Motor vehicle">motor vehicles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Train" title="Train">trains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boat" title="Boat">boats</a>, and other types of vehicles. The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard. Motor vehicles, ships and trains are required by law in some countries to have horns. <a href="/wiki/Trams" class="mw-redirect" title="Trams">Trams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trolleybus" title="Trolleybus">trollies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Streetcars" class="mw-redirect" title="Streetcars">streetcars</a>, and even <a href="/wiki/Bicycles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicycles">bicycles</a> are also legally required to have an audible warning device in many areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Vehicle_horn" title="Special:EditPage/Vehicle horn">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motor_vehicles">Motor vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Motor vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RollsRoyceHorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/RollsRoyceHorn.jpg/220px-RollsRoyceHorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/RollsRoyceHorn.jpg/330px-RollsRoyceHorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/RollsRoyceHorn.jpg/440px-RollsRoyceHorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2094" data-file-height="3600" /></a><figcaption>Horn of <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" title="Rolls-Royce Limited">Rolls-Royce</a> Phantom I Open Tourer Windovers (1926)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg/220px-Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg/330px-Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg/440px-Caterham_Roadsport_building_-_028_-_Horns_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Modern electric horns mounted in engine compartment</figcaption></figure> <p>Modern car horns are usually electric, driven by a flat circular steel <a href="/wiki/Diaphragm_(acoustics)" title="Diaphragm (acoustics)">diaphragm</a> that has an <a href="/wiki/Electromagnet" title="Electromagnet">electromagnet</a> acting on it in one direction and a spring pulling in the opposite direction. The diaphragm is attached to <a href="/wiki/Contact_breaker" title="Contact breaker">contact points</a> that repeatedly interrupt the current to that electromagnet causing the diaphragm to spring back the other way, which completes the circuit again. This arrangement opens and closes the circuit hundreds of times per second, which creates a loud noise like a <a href="/wiki/Buzzer" title="Buzzer">buzzer</a> or <a href="/wiki/Electric_bell" title="Electric bell">electric bell</a>, which sound enters a horn to be amplified. </p><p>A traditional style automobile horn includes an expansion chamber cast into its body, once spiral shaped, to better match the acoustical impedance of the diaphragm with open air, and thus more effectively transfer the sound energy. Sound levels of typical car horns are approximately 107–109 <a href="/wiki/Decibel" title="Decibel">decibels</a>, and they typically draw 5–6 <a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">amperes</a> of current. </p><p>Horns can be used singly, but are often arranged in pairs to produce an <a href="/wiki/Interval_(music)" title="Interval (music)">interval</a> consisting of two notes, sounded together; although this doubles the sound volume, the use of two differing frequencies is more <a href="/wiki/Psychoacoustics" title="Psychoacoustics">perceptible</a> to the human ear than two horns of the same frequency, particularly in an environment with a high <a href="/wiki/Ambient_noise_level" title="Ambient noise level">ambient noise level</a>. Typical frequencies of a pair of horns of this design are 500 Hz and 405–420 Hz (approximately B<sub>4</sub> and G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span><sub>4</sub>, <a href="/wiki/Minor_third" title="Minor third">minor third</a>). </p><p>Most cars, <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle" title="Motorcycle">motorcycles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Motor_scooter" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor scooter">motor scooters</a> have for some time used a cheaper and smaller alternative design, which, despite retaining the name "horn," abandons the actual horn ducting and instead relies on a larger flat diaphragm to reach the required <a href="/wiki/Sound_intensity_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound intensity level">sound level</a>. Sound levels of such horns are approximately 109–112 decibels, and they typically draw 2.5–5 amperes of current. Again, these horns can be either single, or arranged in pairs; typical frequencies for a pair are 420–440 Hz and 340–370 Hz (approximately G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span><sub>4</sub>–A<sub>4</sub> and F<sub>4</sub>–F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span><sub>4</sub>) for this design. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg/220px-Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg/330px-Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg/440px-Car_horn_in_use-tag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption>Diagram showing how a car horn works</figcaption></figure> <p>A horn grille is a part of some designs of <a href="/wiki/Car" title="Car">car</a> or other motor vehicle that has an electric horn, such as a <a href="/wiki/Motor_scooter" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor scooter">motor scooter</a>. </p><p>Larger, louder <a href="/wiki/Air_horn" title="Air horn">air horns</a>, as found on <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">trucks</a> (lorries) and <a href="/wiki/Bus" title="Bus">buses</a>, are driven by <a href="/wiki/Air_compressor" title="Air compressor">air compressors</a>, or supplied by reservoirs charged to operate their <a href="/wiki/Air_brake_(road_vehicle)" title="Air brake (road vehicle)">air brakes</a>. The compressor forces air past a diaphragm in the horn's throat, causing it to vibrate. Usually two are used, with varied frequencies generally lower than those of automobile horns, in the 125–180 Hz (approximately C<sub>3</sub>–G<sub>3</sub>) range. Sound levels are approximately 117–118 decibels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trains,_trolleycars_and_trams/streetcars"><span id="Trains.2C_trolleycars_and_trams.2Fstreetcars"></span>Trains, trolleycars and trams/streetcars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Trains, trolleycars and trams/streetcars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LeslieS5T.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/LeslieS5T.jpg/220px-LeslieS5T.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/LeslieS5T.jpg/330px-LeslieS5T.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/LeslieS5T.jpg/440px-LeslieS5T.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Leslie S5T, a locomotive air horn with five 'chimes'</figcaption></figure> <p>In order to be heard at the longer distances that trains require to warn of danger or stop, their <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotives</a> have pneumatic <a href="/wiki/Train_horn" title="Train horn">train horns</a> that are both louder and lower in frequency than motor vehicle horns. Operated by compressed air from the train's <a href="/wiki/Railway_air_brake" title="Railway air brake">air brake</a> system, their sound level is 146–175 dB. In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, train horns are required to have a minimum sound level of 96 dB and a maximum sound level of 110 dB at 100 ft (30 m) in front of the train. </p><p>To distinguish their sound from truck and bus air horns, train horns in the U.S. consist of groups of two to five horns (called "chimes") which have different notes, sounded together to form a <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chord</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, most modern trains like <a href="/wiki/209_series" title="209 series">209 series</a> or <a href="/wiki/E233_series" title="E233 series">E233 series</a> from the first half of the 1990s onwards use electric horns as primary in passenger use. Although electric horns were used by <a href="/wiki/Seibu_2000_series" title="Seibu 2000 series">Seibu 2000 series</a>, air horns were primarily used until the 1990s. Modern Japanese trains may still be equipped with both air horns and electric horns. </p><p>Most modern streetcars, trams and trolley cars including low-floor vehicles around the world also employ horns or whistles as a secondary auditory warning signal in addition to the <a href="/wiki/Gong" title="Gong">gong</a>/bell which either use the sound of air horns or electric automobile car horns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ships">Ships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supertanker_Steam_whistle,_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg/220px-Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg/330px-Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg/440px-Supertanker_Steam_whistle%2C_Merseyside_Maritime_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Steam whistle from a <a href="/wiki/Supertanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertanker">supertanker</a>, in Merseyside Maritime Museum, UK</figcaption></figure> <p>Ships signal to each other and to the shore with <a href="/wiki/Air_horn" title="Air horn">air horns</a>, sometimes called whistles, that are driven with compressed air or from steam tapped from the power plant. Low frequencies are used, because they travel further than high frequencies; horns from ships have been heard as far as fifteen kilometres (ten miles).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, the lower the frequency, the larger the ship. The <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ocean_liner" title="Ocean liner">ocean liner</a> launched in 1934, had three horns based on 55 Hz (corresponding to A1 ), a frequency chosen because it was low enough that the very loud sound of it would not be painful to the passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern <a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" title="International Maritime Organization">International Maritime Organization</a> regulations specify that ships' horn frequencies be in the range 70–200 Hz (corresponding to C<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span><sub>2</sub>-G<sub>3</sub>) for vessels that are over 200 m (660 ft) in length. For vessels between 200 and 75 m (660 and 250 ft) the range is 130–350 Hz and for vessels under 75 m (250 ft) it is 70–700 Hz.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smaller craft typically use electric diaphragm horns. </p><p>Portable <a href="/wiki/Air_horn" title="Air horn">air horns</a> driven by canned compressed air are also used, as well as for officiating sports events and recreational activities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bicycles">Bicycles<span class="anchor" id="Bicycle"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bicycles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Small <a href="/wiki/Battery_(electricity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery (electricity)">battery</a>-operated electric horns, as well as the traditional single-reed <i>bulb horn</i>, are typically used on <a href="/wiki/Bicycle" title="Bicycle">bicycles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Klaxon">Klaxon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Klaxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Klaxon" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Klaxon_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Klaxon (disambiguation)">Klaxon (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Awooga" redirects here. For the Calvin Harris song, see <a href="/wiki/18_Months#Promotional_singles" title="18 Months">18 Months § Promotional singles</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_(1920).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg/220px-Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg/330px-Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg/440px-Sign_on_rural_road_in_United_States_%281920%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="952" /></a><figcaption>Sign on a rural road in the United States advising drivers to "SOUND KLAXON" (1920)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1096940132"><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:WWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg" title="File:WWII submarine dive klaxon.ogg">Klaxon alarm</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="4" data-mwtitle="WWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/WWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/WWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg/WWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWWII_submarine_dive_klaxon.ogg&lang=ko&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ko" label="한국어 ‪(ko)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">A sample of a <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> dive alarm used by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> submarines during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>A <b>klaxon</b> is a type of an electromechanical horn or alerting device. Mainly used on <a href="/wiki/Car" title="Car">cars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Train" title="Train">trains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ships</a>, it produces an easily identifiable sound, often transcribed <a href="/wiki/Onomatopoeia" title="Onomatopoeia">onomatopoeiacally</a> in English as "awooga". Like most mechanical horns, it has largely been replaced by solid-state electronic alarms, though the memorable tone has persisted. <i>Klaxon</i> was <a href="/wiki/Generic_trademark" title="Generic trademark">originally a brand name</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The klaxon horn's characteristic sound is produced by a spring-steel diaphragm with a rivet in the center that is repeatedly struck by the teeth of a rotating cogwheel. The diaphragm is attached to a <a href="/wiki/Horn_(acoustic)" title="Horn (acoustic)">horn</a> that acts as an acoustic transformer and controls the direction of the sound.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first klaxons, the wheel was driven either by hand or by an electric motor. American inventor <a href="/wiki/Miller_Reese_Hutchison" title="Miller Reese Hutchison">Miller Reese Hutchison</a> (later chief engineer of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a>) patented the mechanism in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Company of <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> bought the rights to the device and it became standard equipment on <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> cars.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder, coined the name <i>klaxon</i> from the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a> verb <i>klazō</i>, "I shriek".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Klaxons were first fitted to automobiles and <a href="/wiki/Bicycle" title="Bicycle">bicycles</a> in 1908. They were originally powered by six-volt <a href="/wiki/Dry_cell" title="Dry cell">dry cells</a>, and from 1911 by <a href="/wiki/Rechargeable_battery" title="Rechargeable battery">rechargeable batteries</a>. Later hand-powered versions were used as military evacuation alarms and factory sirens. They were also used as <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> dive and surface alarms beginning in the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. </p><p>The English company Klaxon Signals Ltd. has been based in <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> for the last 80 years,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2015)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> with premises also in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The French Klaxon company was acquired by the Italian <a href="/wiki/Fiamm" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiamm">Fiamm</a> Group in the 1990s. In 2005 Klaxon Signals sold the rights for the hooter or klaxon range to Moflash Signalling Ltd., based in the original Klaxon Factory in Birmingham, England.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Moflash Company discontinued the Klaxet hooter in 2013, but continued to produce the A1 hooter, the only original Klaxon left in production. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_other_languages">In other languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In other languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several languages have either borrowed or transcribed the name into their lexicons. In Japanese, the word "klaxon"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">クラクション</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">kurakushon</i></span>)</span> <a href="/wiki/Generic_trademark" title="Generic trademark">refers to car horns in general</a>. This is also true in languages such as French (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">klaxon</i></span>), Italian (<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">clacson</i></span>), Greek (<span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">κλάξον</span></span>), Dutch (<span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">claxon</i></span>), Russian (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">клаксон</span></span>), Polish (<span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">klakson</i></span>), Spanish (<span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">claxon</i></span>), Romanian (<span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">claxon</i></span>), Bulgarian (<span title="Bulgarian-language text"><span lang="bg">клаксон</span></span>), Czech (<span title="Czech-language text"><i lang="cs">klakson</i></span>), Turkish (<span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">klakson</i></span>), Indonesian (<span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">klakson</i></span>), some Arabic dialects (<span title="Indonesian-language text"><span lang="id" dir="rtl">كلاكسون</span></span>) and Korean (<span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">클랙슨</span></span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regulation">Regulation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:No_Trumpeting_Allowed_(5375683446).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg/220px-No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg/330px-No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg/440px-No_Trumpeting_Allowed_%285375683446%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1434" /></a><figcaption>Automobile horn use may be prohibited in certain areas, as indicated by this sign in <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a>, Afghanistan.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg/350px-Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg/525px-Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg/700px-Sound_Horn_sign_on_truck_south_of_Chennai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="991" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><i>Sound horn</i> to overtake sign on truck south of <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, India</figcaption></figure> <p>In countries applying the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Traffic" title="Vienna Convention on Road Traffic">Vienna Convention on Road Traffic</a>, usage of audible warnings is limited, and allowed only in two cases:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>to avoid an accident;</li> <li>outside built-up areas to warn a driver that they are about to be overtaken.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_musical_instrument">As musical instrument</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: As musical instrument"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Hornophone" title="Hornophone">hornophone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Klaxophone" title="Klaxophone">klaxophone</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg/220px-Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg/330px-Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg/440px-Taxi_Horns_for_Gershwin%27s_%22American_in_Paris%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Taxi horns for Gershwin's <i>An American in Paris</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Various types of vehicle horns are used by <a href="/wiki/Percussionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussionist">percussionists</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sound_effects" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound effects">sound effects</a>, or even melodically, in musical works.<sup id="cite_ref-grove_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grove-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, <a href="/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>'s 1928 orchestral work <i><a href="/wiki/An_American_in_Paris" title="An American in Paris">An American in Paris</a></i> calls for the use of 4 taxi horns.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Ligeti" title="György Ligeti">György Ligeti</a>'s opera <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Grand_Macabre" title="Le Grand Macabre">Le Grand Macabre</a></i> features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one tuned to a specific pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hornophone" title="Hornophone">hornophone</a> consists of a set of bulb horns tuned to a <a href="/wiki/Chromatic_scale" title="Chromatic scale">chromatic scale</a> and arranged as a <a href="/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">musical keyboard</a> on a frame like a <a href="/wiki/Xylophone" title="Xylophone">xylophone</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Klaxophone" title="Klaxophone">klaxophone</a> is a similar musical instrument using a set of klaxons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_uses_in_music">Other uses in music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other uses in music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song <i>Car Alarm</i> by <a href="/wiki/Too_Many_Zooz" title="Too Many Zooz">Too Many Zooz</a> is based on the sound of a honking horn.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicycle_bell" title="Bicycle bell">Bicycle bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_defense_siren" title="Civil defense siren">Civil defense siren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auto_parts" title="List of auto parts">List of auto parts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siren_(noisemaker)#Vehicle-mounted" class="mw-redirect" title="Siren (noisemaker)">Vehicle-mounted siren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whistle#Trains" title="Whistle">Vehicle-mounted whistle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_horn&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Rule 1(b) – via <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea&rft.pages=Rule+1%28b%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVehicle+horn" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Matthew F. Jordan, <i>Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History</i> (University of Virginia Press, 2023) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=60170">online review of this book</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130207111151/http://www.innovateus.net/innopedia/what-kind-device-klaxon">"What kind of device is a Klaxon?"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.innovateus.net/innopedia/what-kind-device-klaxon">the original</a> on 7 February 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=What+kind+of+device+is+a+Klaxon%3F&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.innovateus.net%2Finnopedia%2Fwhat-kind-device-klaxon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVehicle+horn" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US923048">Mechanically-actuated Acoustic Apparatus and Method</a></span> US Patent 923,048. Applied March 14, 1908, granted May 25, 1909.<br /> <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US923049">Cam-operated Horn</a></span> US Patent 923,049. Applied May 16, 1907, granted May 25, 1909.<br /> <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US923122">Mechanically-actuated Horn or Alarm</a></span> US Patent 923,122. Applied May 16, 1907, granted May 25, 1909.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xClhG6eV7gAC&pg=PA411">"The Klaxon Warning Signal"</a>. <i>The Horseless age: the automobile trade magazine</i>. Vol. 21, no. 15. April 8, 1908. pp. 411–412<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 16,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Horseless+age%3A+the+automobile+trade+magazine&rft.atitle=The+Klaxon+Warning+Signal&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=15&rft.pages=411-412&rft.date=1908-04-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxClhG6eV7gAC%26pg%3DPA411&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVehicle+horn" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TdQqAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA125">"Signalling Methods Definitely Cared for"</a>. <i>Automotive Industries magazine</i>. Vol. 22. New York: Chilton company. January 13, 1910. pp. 125–126<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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New York: WNYC Radio. 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