No bong sound on start-up

I've had this new MB Pro for a few months. A couple days ago I started it up and no bong sound on start-up. It's not a big deal but I wonder why that would happen and what it means. Could I have disabled it somehow? I don't recall messing around in preferences but maybe some accidental shortcut from flailing fingers mighta.

Have you used headphones or external speakers?
Resetting the PRAM may help. Info here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238

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