Remember those old movies, where the burglar picked the safe, listening through a stethoscope?
Well, out of curiosity, I bought a stethoscope, and tried it on my gym locker, a standard Master combination lock. I went slowly through the numbers, and heard..... nothing. No telltale as I hit the combination.
So what's it all about, anybody know? Hollywood fiction?
-- Rich
RichD contributed wisdom to news:c0208fb7-833a- snipped-for-privacy@q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
It would have to be one that is large enough and usually made of iron, in order to hear the tunblers fall into place. At about the time that was being shown in movies, such safes were being phased out
Gandalf Parker
Throw in Tech to understand...metal walls reverb tumbling tumblers...
FACT...
THANKS
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