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NatWest Telephone Banking music[edit]

Anyone know what the "on hold" music is for NatWest phone banking (UK)? -- SGBailey (talk) 10:42, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not in the UK. Is the phone number so well known that you don't have to provide it? Dismas|^(talk) 03:26, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt if they only have one hold song. Most have a rotation they use. StuRat (talk) 07:36, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All the NatWest brands (that I have phoned) use the same one tune and never any other. In the UK, one number is 03457 888 444 -- SGBailey (talk) 10:25, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That is a non-geographic number so may not be accessible from outside the UK - the international equivalent seems to be +44 8705 888 444. I tried calling the UK number but was asked for an account number (which I don't have) before getting near any hold music - perhaps you could post a recording here? AndrewWTaylor (talk)

Too complicated. Thanks anyway. -- SGBailey (talk) 11:56, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you could record the on-hold music and upload it somewhere. I know there's at least one website (don't ask me its name) where you can upload sound files. Then we could all hear it and tell if it's familiar. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:58, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's conceivable that they use just the one tune. For my work I often hear hold music and there is one tune that many places use. I've heard it from healthcare companies, banks, credit card companies, etc. It's not any song that I know, i.e. Some cover of a Beatles song. It's rather electronic and has a clap track. It's probably about 3-4 minutes long. But it is the only song that some companies use. Dismas|^(talk) 14:12, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For one of those, you might be thinking of the CallManager default hold music. Freedomlinux (talk) 22:38, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]