Ader fed sound from microphones on stage at the Paris Opera to pairs of telephone receivers, one for each ear. (newscientist.com)
The more dangerous bugs are the transients that lurk on faucets and toilet - flush levers in airport rest rooms, on subway handholds, on public telephone receivers, and between the thumb and forefinger of the person you shook hands with at lunch. (discovermagazine.com)
The refrain of accumulation, while not obvious from the outset, recurs throughout the exhibition — in piles of cast telephone receivers (Boneyard, 1990), boxes of records (My Weight in Records, 1995), heaps of magnetic tape (Tape Fall, 1989). (highbeam.com)