Old Rotary Phone Ringing ☎️ Free Sound Effect SFX

The Western Electric model 500 telephone series was a classic rotary phone and the standard domestic desk telephone set issued by the Bell System in North America from 1950 through the 1984 Bell System divestiture.

Millions of model 500-series phones were produced and were present in most homes in North America. Many are still in use today because of their durability and ample availability. Its modular construction compared to previous types simplified manufacture and repair, and facilitated a large number of variants with added features. In Canada the same model 500 was manufactured by Bell Northern Telecom.

For the initial years, from 1950 to 1953, the 500 was available only in black with a metal finger wheel. In 1954, color telephone sets were available in ivory, green, dark gray, red, brown, beige, yellow, and blue. Gray, blue, yellow, and red sets were initially assembled with black dials, until the colored parts became available by 1955. So called two-tone color varieties were available, which consisted of a black set having the housing substituted with a color plastic part. They were offered as an attractive color combination for a reduced fee from the price of a full color telephone. In 1957, gray, blue, beige, and brown sets were replaced with lighter pastel hues in light gray, aqua blue, light beige, white, and pink colors. Issuance of brown sets, however, continued for multi-line business sets for several years. Turquoise sets were added in 1964, and several colors, including pink and light gray, were discontinued in the late 1960s.

By 1955, all color 500s were produced with clear finger wheels, while black sets retained the metal finger wheel until about 1964, when a new dial design was released. Now vintage, this mid century modern MCM phone is my favorite telephone.

The distinct ringing bells sound was created by two brass bells and a striker, later replaced replaced by cheaper electronic ringtones these phones are also known as a landline.

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[cassiopeiauniverse]

I always come back to this video cos it's the only thing that calms down my guinea pigs! They think it's another pig and they "brrrr" back at it haha 😂

[marthashaebanyan-bady]

I just played this for my Mom and it made her so happy! She said "THAT'S how a telephone should sound!"

[sipstea]

Boy does this bring back memories!! I remember haveing 4 siblings all of us 3 girls and one boy and everytime it rang we would all dash down to the living room hoping it was our crush/boyfriend/girlfriend haha. It was usually always for mom. Now days everyone has a phone but back then there was usualy only one in one room haha

[melvin]

I love using these as my smartphone ringtone

[julienielsen]

“This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message. I’ll get back to you.”

[URGG]

Somebody answer the phone already! LOL I remember these like it was yesterday

[SpottingWithSam]

When I get my own house, I want one of these!!

[empash]

Can’t wait to use this in my fnaf parody game

Literally every other “phone ringing sound effect” is the dial tone, and I’m glad I was able to find this after 29 videos.

[moshodi]

Old fashioned phone that you could hear ring wherever in the house you were and leaving the phone off the hook meant “engaged”!

[SlyCooper]

I those phones like this are still alive

[GDSE_]

Im only 12 but this feels way to nostalgic

[lisettegarcia]

Usual people: "My family members had these phones and I saw them on TV."

People now: "Uh... Are we getting a phone call from a ghost child from Joe Hill's new movie; The Black Phone?"

[DMH-btzo]

“This is McNamara… what!? Right away Mr. President!” (Closes Phone)

Boy, this brings back a lot of memories.

[somewhatdubz]

Chills. I used to have a rotary phone in my room that sounded exactly like this.

[Angelik_]

Deltarune chapter 2 fans got nothing on this

[gabrielreyes]

I grew up on these. To see it called an "old" rotary phone ring....much less seeing rotary phones in "antique" wow. I am not getting old, the world is simply ever changing.

[BowynTucker-tm]

Using this for a play and it's amazing

[communistbagel]

i love this sound! For some reason its really soothing to listen too lol.

(Also not me being obsessed with it after deltarune chapter 2 oop-)

[catd]

This reminds me of my childhood at my grandparents house. They had one phone that looked just like that one. They had the same phone number for 50 years. They also leased their telephone from our local phone company. It was included on their monthly bill. I didn’t know that was an option. We had to return it when they passed away. 😂

[erinandeuan]

hello!
would I be able to use this sound effect in my short film for college? I will of course give credit for your sound! :)