[78-L] earliest recorded fon call

Bud Black banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Wed Dec 10 13:42:06 PST 2008


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From: Tom Hood
Date: 12/10/2008 2:20:49 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] earliest recorded fon call
 
Hi Joe
The first intercontinental phone call was immortalized by the song Hello
Frisco,Hello.The first transatlantic phone call was recorded by Bell
Telephone.Also the rehearsal the day before.I heard the recording at the
Science Museum in London.Sorry I can't give you dates.
Tom Hood
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "joe at salerno.com" <jsalerno at earthlink.net>
To: "78-l" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:36 AM
Subject: [78-L] earliest recorded fon call
 
 
>I watched Modern Marvels about the telephone last night
>
> It got me to wondering, what is the earliest surviving recorded fon
> conversation?
>
> I'm not talking about Mr. Cohen, I mean an unrehearsed personal fon
> call. Was there a device for making a home recording from a fon in
> pre-LP days?
>
> Was it the first transcontinental phone call?
>
> joe salerno
>
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