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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Thomas Beckett wrote:
> I do have a candidate for the World's Most Annoying
> Ringtone, but I don't know what it is called.  I'm pretty sure it is the
> default on one brand of phones, possibly Nokia.  Sounds like a trumpet
> voluntary of some sort.  Annoying as hell.

I am not alone in this reaction, apparently.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13289923_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-FATHER-OF-WORLD-S-MOST-ANNOYING-RINGTONE-name_page.html

It is indeed a Nokia ringtone.

http://www.nokia.com/BaseProject/Sites/NOKIA_MAIN_18022/CDA/Categories/AboutNokia/Company/InFocus/RingingtheChanges/_Content/_Static_Files/granvals_26s1-180kb.wav

It is a passage from /Gran Vals/, a guitar piece by Francesco Tarrega.
The original is quite nice:

http://www.nokia.com/BaseProject/Sites/NOKIA_MAIN_18022/CDA/Categories/AboutNokia/Company/InFocus/RingingtheChanges/_Content/_Static_Files/granvals_26s1-180kb.wav

Ain't Google wonderful?

TaB