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Category: Phone

  • Owen Murphy Lady

    Owen Murphy Lady

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    Elmer Cat

    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…

  • PBX Operating

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    Elmer Cat

    My dad worked for a hotel; for many years he was the chief engineer who kept everything working. Years before, my uncle Norm was the manager there; my grandmother had worked there for a while; both of my sisters worked there at one time or another; and of course, I would eventually work there too.…

  • Kitty Carlisle – Sweep Tone Ring

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    Elmer Cat

    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

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    Elmer Cat

    (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

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    Elmer Cat

    (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

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    Elmer Cat

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

  • GEdney-9 Panel City Ring

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    Elmer Cat

    (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.

  • Jane Barbe Countdown Ringtone

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    Elmer Cat

    (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.