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To: dr_lew
The OMF Hotline Ringtone may have been inspired by the DTMF tones that were being rolled out by AT&T in the second half of the 1960s.

However, it is not comprised of actual DTMF tones. This is clear because one of the two tones in the dialing sequence plays out a simple musical melody; actual DTMF tones are were chosen to be completely unrelated harmonically and so cannot be used musically.

22 posted on 10/20/2013 2:44:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Steely Tom
... actual DTMF tones are were chosen to be completely unrelated harmonically and so cannot be used musically.

I can play Mary Had A Little Lamb. Maybe you have to have a tin ear :-)

Of course, the Hotline ring sounds a lot different. It's "rough". Who made it? That's what I wonder. Was it considered artful, or was it just part of somebody's Foley repetoire. My feeling is that we'll never know.

24 posted on 10/20/2013 3:46:17 PM PDT by dr_lew
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