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phone-1952-bakelite-1.aif

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Spleencast

January 19th, 2010

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances
Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

18 January 2010 - The ringing of an immaculate English 1952 bakelite 332L TE5T/2A telephone. Recorded with the built-in microphones of my Zoom H4n.

A friend of mine owns a shop in which he sells antique telephones. He and his assistant were incredibly gracious, they turned off the shop music, turned off their shop phone, connected up the antique phone, stayed fairly quiet, and even rang their own number for me whilst generously allowing me to record the sound of the phone ringing. That was especially amazing because the phone was selling for £235.00, so I didn't even have to buy the phone to get the sound of the ringer.

I extend my gratitude and appreciative thanks to my friend the owner, and his assistant in Curio Interiors. http://www.curioltd.co.uk/

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antique
bakelite
bell
british
english
environmental-sounds-research
field-recording
foley
phone
ring
ringer
ringing
ringtone
rotary
telephone
uk
vintage
zoom-h4n

Type

AIFF (.aiff)

Duration

0:27.406

File size

4.6 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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K
kurtle

1 year, 1 month ago

Thank you, perfect for our school performance.

K
kurtle

1 year, 2 months ago

Absolutely splendid! Ta!

U
UOSHTWAMhub

4 years ago

Thanks for the sound!

Eugene7_eSwan

9 years, 6 months ago

Thanks!!!

W
WorfT

10 years, 1 month ago

Many thanks. It is lovely!

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