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Category: Telephone

  • Owen Murphy Lady

    Owen Murphy Lady

    New York Telephone Standard Voice In the 1960’s, New York Telephone had an excellent “standard voice” for all of their recorded announcements. Unfortunately, I don’t know what her real name was, but it is known that she worked for the Owen Murphy production company. Evan Doorbell’s “Sounds of Long Distance – Part 6” includes a master…

  • Kitty Carlisle – Sweep Tone Ring

    The charming and talented Kitty Carlisle sings vintage telephone sweep test tones in this slightly alarming and somewhat annoying ringtone. ➤   Download for iPhone in “m4r” format

  • Kitty Carlisle – Panel Pulsing Ring

    (to replay, click the X) The charming and talented Kitty Carlisle sings the “No Such Number” vacant level intercept tone from a #1-Step central office in Montreal Quebec in this raucous ringtone which also features vintage telephone sounds from the famous GEdney-9 electromechanical “Panel” central office.

  • GEdney-9 Panel Pulsing Ring

    (to replay, click the X) This lively mashup ringtone combines ringback tone from the famous GEdney-9 panel exchange with the sounds of electromechanical revertive pulsing. Towards the end of the ringtone, a GEdney-9 busy signal joins in, alerting you that time left to answer your call is running out!

  • GEdney-9 Didja Dial Ring

    A medley of quaint Intercept Operator sayings. ➤   Download for iPhone in “m4r” format ⬅  Back to Ringtone archive

  • GEdney-9 Panel City Ring

    (to replay, click the X) This is a simple “City Ring” ringback tone from the famous GEdney-9 Panel exchange, located in New York Telephone’s 77th Street central office building.

  • GEdney-9 Panel Exchange

    Recorded in 1977 by Ben Decibell – From  Evan Doorbell’s historic PhoneTrips library.

  • Jane Barbe Countdown Ringtone

    (to replay, click the X) You’ll know how much time you have left to answer your calls before they go to Voice Jail, as Mrs. Barbe counts backwards towards zero in this 20-second ringtone.

  • Jane Barbe « ElmerCat.org

    Jane Barbe « ElmerCat.org.