Vehicle horn of vehicle horns are used by percussionists as sound effects, or even melodically, in musical works. For example, George Gershwin's 1928 orchestral work "An American in Paris" calls for the use of 4 taxi horns. György Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one tuned to a specific pitch. Klaxon is a trademark for a brand of electromechanical horn or alerting device. Mainly used on cars, trains and ships, Klaxon horns produce an easily identifiable sound, often transcribed onomatopoeiacally in English as "ahoooga." Like most mechanical horns, the klaxon has largely
George A. Loud was a colonel on the staff of Michigan Governor Hazen S. Pingree. He was paymaster on the U.S. revenue cutter "McCulloch" when it participated in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War. Loud was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 58th United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1913. In 1912, Loud was defeated by Progressive Roy O. Woodruff. Loud defeated Woodruff in 1914 to be elected to the 64th Congress, serving from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1917. In 1916, Loud