[78-L] earliest recorded fon call

[Michael Biel]

I seem to recall seeing a very badly damaged Edison diamond disc test 
pressing at the Edison Site that was a recording of the opening of the 
first transcontinental phone service in 1915 or 16.  I think that an 
undamaged pressing exists and that Jerry Fabris has dubbed it off. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

James Tennyson wrote:
> Thomas A Edison Inc introduced and attachement for the Ediphone, that is to 
> say their dictating machine which enabled one to record both sides of a 
> telephone conversation on an Ediphone wax cylinder blank. The device was 
> called the Telescribe and was introduced around 1914. It never seemed to 
> make much of an impression on business practice of the time.  It had been 
> anticipated by Poulsen's Telegraphone which was a magnetic recorder.  The 
> Telescribe was replaced by a newer model ,the Telediphone, which I 
> understand did have some degree of success. So it would seem if one could 
> find any of the recordings made on one of thse machines one would have a 
> rather early recording  of a phone conversation.
>
> From: "Tom Hood" <thood at shaw.ca>
>
> 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
>>