News:

"The phone is a remarkably complex, simple device,
and very rarely ever needs repairs, once you fix them." - Dan/Panther

Main Menu

Anticipating 6 Boxes and now more Goodies!

Started by DavePEI, May 31, 2014, 09:45:35 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

DavePEI

Tomorrow will be an interesting day. It is the day 6 boxes of miscellaneous goodies are supposed to arrive from Don Woodbury. They are coming to the Island with his brother-in-law and he is going to drop them off and visit the museum around noon tomorrow!

Even Don isn't sure what all is packed in them, so it will be just like Christmas! Don and I both grew up in Brockville, the Canadian home of Automatic Electric.. More notes t0morrow when I find out what is there...

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

WesternElectricBen

Oh Dave, your teasing us as much as your teasing yourself by not being able to see them..

Cannot wait to see what he brings, will he be giving them to you or making trades/selling?

Ben

DavePEI

#2
Quote from: WesternElectricBen on May 31, 2014, 10:38:07 PM
Oh Dave, your teasing us as much as your teasing yourself by not being able to see them..

Cannot wait to see what he brings, will he be giving them to you or making trades/selling?

Ben
Yes, it is driving me crazy. I will know exactly what is there around noon. I will get them onto the deck and unpack them this afternoon, then photograph them and post later tonight.

This was a result of Don's recent inventory clear-out. Getting rid of overstocked items to make room for more inventory. Amongst the lot, there are supposed to be a number of Starlite phones (AE's version of the Princess), some handsets, and Don said he just kept on going until 6 boxes were filled. N/C. Then to make things better, his brother in law was returning to Charlottetown and they loaded them into his car. Ross (his brother in law) told me the phones rang for 1100 miles every time the car hit a bump. He was telling me his ears were still ringing when he got home last night :)

So, beyond the Starlites, I really don't know what went into the 6 boxes. There is a possibility there may be some field phones in there, too. Even Don doesn't know - he let the guys in the warehouse decide as they packed them!

Thankfully we were able to arrange the cheapest sort of shipping as no doubt is they had gone via the mail, it really would have cost a fortune!

On top of that, my son and his girlfriend arrive home from Ottawa today. He is working up there as a Network Administrator for Rogers Servers.

And the sun is shining, and it is warm. The birds are singing...

Shaping up to be a great day!

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

DavePEI

#3
Ok, here is what I found in the boxes. A slew of military phones, test units, ships phone, a desktop payphone, etc. No Starlites  they may have been in one of the boxes they couldn't fit in the car. But it is going to keep me busy for some time. Just have a look at the goodies!

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

WesternElectricBen

Nice finds, if your still itching for starlights, I have a box of 6 mostly discolored touch tone ones.

I'm wondering what that tin box with the cradle and mouthpiece is.

Ben

DavePEI

#5
Quote from: WesternElectricBen on June 01, 2014, 12:29:05 PM
I'm wondering what that tin box with the cradle and mouthpiece is.
Hi Ben:

I think the Starlites may have been in a box that wouldn't fit intot he car - they no doubt will come down later.

The tin box is one of the military phones - it had a watchcase type receiver which fits the hook on the side (under the phone when I took the photo. I will have to open it up before I know much more about it... There are also a number of earlier military phones, plus a TA-33 in the batch. It will be a while before I get at a better look at all of them...

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

twocvbloke

Nice, you have a GPO 704/TMC 1705 linesman phone there (first pic, top middle, the green linesman phone), that was my first linesman phone (though it's transistor magneto generator is faulty), still have it but I don't really use it cos of the fault, all it needs is two capacitors, but they are of a specific kind which are horribly expensive to buy, works well though, just doesn't ring phones properly... :)

Some info on it:

http://www.britishtelephones.com/t704.htm

DavePEI

#7
Here is a question for your European Members. This phone is a Siemens and Halske. Not the dial with the leading zero. I would appreciate any info people have on this.

Forunately all the batteries are missing from all those needing batteries including the GPO 704/TMC 1705 linesman phone, preventing corrosion. All need cosmetic clean-up, of course.

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

twocvbloke

I haven't a clue about that S&H, looks to be a multi-line or interphone type thing, never seen anything like that myself... ???

The GPO linesman phone (made by many manufacturers, Pye-TMC being one of them) only needs 3xD cells to operate as an LB phone, but doesn't need them to work as a CB phone... :)

DavePEI

Quote from: twocvbloke on June 01, 2014, 03:37:30 PM
I haven't a clue about that S&H, looks to be a multi-line or interphone type thing, never seen anything like that myself... ???
On that one, it has what looks like a wooden subset below (no I haven't opened it to be sure it is a subset yet), It, too has the SH logo on it. It is missing the transmitter cap and element.

When one of the line keys is depressed, and the phone is hung up, the key returns to the normal position. An interesting phone, once we figure it out.

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

dsk

NICE!

Haven't a clue about the Siemens, but the dial looks like the ones used in Sweden
http://tinyurl.com/nmllvn5

dsk

DavePEI

#11
And now,, the "Pregnant Pink Beluga". Not the manufacturer's name but mine, because I can't think of a name which would describe it better. It is certainly the ugliest Payphone I have ever seen, the Tekcell Electronics Corp. SD-10.

Although working, I will have to find docs for it, as it detects the area code from the number you call, and asks you to insert 75 cents for a local call and to preceed the number with a one. As it has an internal microprocessor and eproms, I an assuming it used downloaded rate tables  I don't know yet. I have just begun to play!

The interior, aside from the microprocessor, contains a simple coin mech. designed for quarters only, and a coin path leading either to the return or to the coin box. A microprocessor based voice I call "Jonah" guides you through the call.

Dialing procedure is as follows:

1) Dial Desired Number
2) Deposit Coins Per Voice Instructions
3) Press Talk Button When Party Answers
4) Deposit More Coins To Continue When Voice Instruction Is Heard.

Aside from a bent quarter in the coin track, the phone appears to be operating. That quarter looks as though it has spent time on a railway track, with a very deep lip on one side, catching in the mech. The rate tables need to be updated for our area. The coin tray is on the left hand side secured by a lever on the back and a padlock on that lever.

Does anyone have any docs, manuals, or programming instructions for this phone? Despite its ugliness, I consider it an interesting phone. It arrived in its original molded foam packing, though indications such as the stuck quarter and soiled cords show that it had seen service at one point.

Anyone wants one of these, contact Don. He has a few more.

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

DavePEI

As I get through some of the other items in the batch, I will post better photos and descriptions of them here. There are some quite interesting items in the batch, including the Northern Electric Interphone which appears to be outfitted for the use of a radio station, including recording jacks,  and line jacks.

Dave
The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!
C*NET 1-651-0001

twocvbloke

I saw a payphone like that for sale here in the UK sometime near the end of last year, I did think of buying it but it was part of a lot of other stuff that most of which I didn't really want, plus someone else bought it before I did so I didn't get it anyway... :-\

That said, I only have access to a single Quarter in this house (loose change from the mother's trip to the US in the 90's), so, wouldn't be able to do much with it... ;D

Matilo Telephones

Quote from: DavePEI on June 01, 2014, 02:58:35 PM
Here is a question for your European Members. This phone is a Siemens and Halske. Not the dial with the leading zero. I would appreciate any info people have on this.

Forunately all the batteries are missing from all those needing batteries including the GPO 704/TMC 1705 linesman phone, preventing corrosion. All need cosmetic clean-up, of course.

Dave

The Siemens and Halske is a very early one. I has the first model handset. The brown cap is not bakelite. A good one is rare.

It is a linienwahler, line selector phone. It should come with a big connection box and half a fridge full of switching gear. The buttons and switches are to select an outside line, or an inside line on a small private network.

The dial is either a V.Sa.sch.90a or a V.Sa.sch.127a. The difference between thes is very small and most parts are interchangable. I think it is the first one, because of the earlyness of the handset.

The lettering on the dialcentre is Austrian, pre war (of course). They used the Ericsson/scandinavian dial system in those days.

Do you have a pic of the base plate? There may be a coded date. There may also be some coding inside the handset and on the capacitors inside, and of course on the back of the dial.
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones