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title: "Telephony Collection: A Century of Phone Sound Effects"
description: "The Telephony Collection is a new library of historical phone sound effects and Foley: rings, dials, tones, buttons, rotaries, switches, hangups & more."
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# [Telephony Collection: A Century of Phone Sound Effects](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/telephony-collection-a-century-of-phone-sound-effects)

 Written by [PSE](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/author/pse) | Oct 27, 2015 4:07:28 PM

#### New sound effects library offers over 100 years of telephone history

*...hello?*

Pro Sound Effects has just released a new library: [Telephony](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/libraries/telephony)

Recorded on location at the Telstra Museum in Australia by Stephan Schütze of Sound Librarian, Telephony contains over 1,500 sound effects (2.6GB) of more than 50 different historical telecommunication devices, including both rotary and pushbutton telephones, payphones, switchboards, exchanges and clocks. Check out the audio demo below:

 

<http://shop.prosoundeffects.com/products/telephony-collection>Among the collection are sounds that range from the instantly recognizable and nostalgic to the esoteric and unique. Highlights include:

• Ericsson PMG Type 8-10MT  
• Candlestick Phone PMG Type 138 AT  
• Gondola phone  
• Variable Tariff Long Breech  
• Victa Red Payphone  
• Payphone MMP Multimedia Phone  
• Switchboard Lamp Signaling  
• Cross Bar Exchange  
• BPO Mark II Speaking Clock<http://www.prosoundeffects.com/pdf/telephony-equipment-list.pdf>

The Telephony Collection provides a wide variety of phone sound effects and Foley: rings, dial tones, buttons, rotaries, switches, toggles, selectors, dials, pickups, hang-ups, receivers, handsets, headsets, operation, line jacks, drawers, card swipes, relays, shutters, timers, bells, coins and more.

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