Anticipating 6 Boxes and now more Goodies!

[Mr. Bones]

I have been looking at those and I am a bit puzzled by these terms. They are unusual. I think because they are archaic Austrian. The word Hebel means switch. But the Germans normally say Schalter, which has the same meaning.
Battery, Dial. I agree. N near the word dial might mean Numernschalter, dial.

To the left the letters F and M. F is Fernsprecher, telephone, receiver. M microphon transmitter.

Abfr Feders Abfrage Feders. Something like outgoing Springblades. There is another one on the other side called  Ruf Feders. Outgoing Springblades. These correspond with the double hookswitch like parts, show on the picture of the inside.

Ruf is outgoing, like you said, literally 'call', from verb anrufen, to call...
Feder is somewhat archaic, meaning feather, also 'was' commonly used for a pen, less so after the introduction of ball-point, (kugelschreiber). I can see the resemblance, and why it was used here.
Abfrage means query, enquiry, retrieval, etc., usw... sound like receiver, perhaps?

Best regards!

[Matilo Telephones]

Feder is feather but also leaf spring. Hence a reference to the make break contacts which are spring blades. That would tie in with what was drawn near these terms.

Ruf and abfrage are used as opposites here I think. Ruf is incoming and Abfrage would be outgoing, I think. Abfrage is also to apply for or request.

Receiver would be at a strange position in this diagram, as the usual F and M for Fernsprecher (reciever) and M Microfon are already there on the left side. Also the drawing near Abfrage is a switching part and not a receiver.

[Matilo Telephones]

Here are some pics of a similar sort of phone, from Siemens Germany of the same period. Dial dates 1928.

This is a more common Siemens design.

Also some pics of the same handset with the parts that are missing in yours. Here too the receiver cap is brownish and not bakelite. I think it might be cellulose or hard rubber.

The ring for the transmitter is made of metal. Feels like aluminum, but it may also be Zamac.

[DavePEI]

Some interesting information about my interesting phone. I think I will clean it up, and put it back in a bag to keep it clean, then in a labelled box and include all the information we have come up with here on an index card so it won't get lost for the future!

Maybe some day, I will be able to come up with a new transmitter, and cup/ring.

It is definitely an interesting beast.

Don tells me there are also some AE Starlites coming - they were sent out by courier before these left Ontario, so they should be here soon.No sign f them yet, but that is why the Starlites didn't show up with the initial batch!

Now, as you can see, I have a ton more to go through, clean up, etc!

Dave

[DavePEI]

One of the field phones I was sent was a Canadian RAF TYPE F MK1 phone. Mine is missing its plug-in handset. If anyone knows a source for a handset for it, I would appreciate knowing. The photo below is a stock photo - not of my particular unit.

Below that photo, the schematic from my MK1 with colours inverted (as it is in white on black in the phone)

Dave

[DavePEI]

Ok, here is a Northern Electric Interphone from the batch. It looks as though there is a standard back onto which a number of optional fronts may be added to customize it.

The Back is p/n 19670-60 and labelled Interphone Front
The Front is p/n 19670=70

The front almost looks as though it might have been made for radio station use.

I can't find a listing for it in the NE catalogues I have. In another box received a couple of weeks later, there were an additional 5 of these phones.

Dave

[DavePEI]

Another interesting phone, a phone designed for mounting aboard a vehicle or ship, a Mark XI by the Telephone Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TMC), 1952.

I find ships phones very interesting, especially the handset mounts designed so the handset won''t fly off in rough seas. This one is in absolutely beautiful condition.

Dave

[rdelius]

I am suprised he sent the navy telephone .Most likely from COT stock when he bought it out. We would mount a dial where the instructions were to make it easier to sell and convert it from sound powered

[DavePEI]

I am suprised he sent the navy telephone .Most likely from COT stock when he bought it out. We would mount a dial where the instructions were to make it easier to sell and convert it from sound powered

Yes, I love these sound powered phones. I have an RCA MI-22156 sound powered ships phone which came from the M.V. Agegweit when it was taken out of service in 1982 and I was thinking it would be fun to hook the two up together...

http://www.islandregister.com/phones/mi22156schem.pdf

Tomorrow, I will break out a few other military phones and clean them up! This really is an adventure!

Dave

[DavePEI]

Here is a photo of the handset belonging to the Type F Mark 1 field phone shown below. I did find it in one of the boxes. However, it is missing its plug as shown in the photo. Does anyone have a spare?

Update: In the next shipment of boxes was another of these phones, along with a good and gently used handset and cord. It is now on display with the rest of the military phones.

Dave

[DavePEI]

Another Field phone in the batch - marked Telephone Set DMKV 1933, (AKA Fullerphone)  made possibly by Plessey Electrical Works?

Full photo, drawing from inside case, and marking on top of phone.

Handset stores in bottom of case and uses a similar plug to the MK1.

Dave

[DavePEI]

Another of the finds in the lot - a Northern Electric built TA-43/PT built for the Canadian Military...

[DavePEI]

Telephone Set "L"

[DavePEI]

A trackside N9A Telephone Set built for the Canadian Pacific Railroad by NE.... Below the actual photos is a listing from an NE catalogue...

A comment from my brother, a rail historian:

There were many versions over the years, but one was carried on every caboose, every passenger train, any locomotives running light (without a train), and section or signal crews occupying the mainline, from the inception of telephone rather than telegraph for train service. Basically, early 1920s to early 1970s.

These used the telescopic (or multi- section) poles to reach the dispatcher's phone wire anywhere along the railway.

[DavePEI]

An EE8-A telephone set built for the United States Army.... The magneto in this one was completely frozen, but application of penetrating oil and careful lubrication of the bearings loosened it. It works great, now.