[78-L] earliest recorded fon call

[joe@salerno.com]

Hi Tom

I believe the rehearsal was the first call across the pond. I've heard 
it also over at Kurt's shop.

joe salerno


Tom Hood wrote:
> 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
> 
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> 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
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> 
>> 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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