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Bell System Ringer Model 687A (8-70).wav

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FreqMan

June 23rd, 2006

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances

A stereo recording of an old style telephone. This is a genuine Bell System Ringer Model 687A (8/70) made by Western Electric. It's a tan box about 15x13x6 cm. It was usually placed in a warehouse or far from the main phone so people would know they had a call. Recorded with a Sony ECM-99 Stereo Microphone from about 2 feet away to a SonyMD recorder. There may be a little room noise with amplification.

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effect
household
ring
soundeffect
telephone

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:12.167

File size

2.0 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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lfrandolph

16 years, 5 months ago

A friend was looking for the sound of an old telephone to use as his phone ringer. This was it. Thank you.

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garyjugert

16 years, 5 months ago

They should never have allowed phones to sound any other way. This is perfect. Thank you.

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lidmon

16 years, 5 months ago

So great!

Thanks :)

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shir_3331

16 years, 5 months ago

:) THANK YOU!

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MarydaleEd

16 years, 6 months ago

I want this on my phone, but I cannot figure out how to get it to my phone. I don't have email on my phone, I tried to input the address, but it just tried to download it and said it didn't support this file type. I have a Verizon LG VX9400.

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