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/
Type
AIFF (.aiff)
Duration
0:27.406
File size
4.6 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
11 years, 6 months ago
Thank you very much Spleencast for such a great classic sound, perfect for my remix.
11 years, 11 months ago
Old school ring, thanks :)
14 years ago
Nostalgic Ring tone
15 years, 1 month ago
This is a great sample. Quite better than the remixed ones, because it has the realistic quality of the physical aging of the machine. Does not sound new, but worn, real.
15 years, 8 months ago
Thanks for your comment regarding the freight-train-through-tunnel sound! I used two (!) windscreens to reduce windnoise. And when I moderated your (this) sound... I thought I should compliment you on such an excellent recording. Great that the guys in the shop cooperated. This is a way to preserve disappearing sounds in history!
