Testing one of my sticks with two subsets.

[Greg G.]

These gongs can make a beautiful sound when adjusted right. They keep resonating for about 15 seconds after ringing stops.
Is there a ringer number on the yoke?
Most of the time you see these with low impedance ringers.

Dumb question, which part is the yoke?  I can only find a date stamp of II 38 on the underside of one of the ringer coils.  The gongs sound ok, but don't really resonate.  They seem to have a coating of "patine" and other crud, maybe even paint.  Perhaps with the help of some Brasso they will sound better.

[unbeldi]

These gongs can make a beautiful sound when adjusted right. They keep resonating for about 15 seconds after ringing stops.
Is there a ringer number on the yoke?
Most of the time you see these with low impedance ringers.

Dumb question, which part is the yoke?  I can only find a date stamp of II 38 on the underside of one of the ringer coils.  The gongs sound ok, but don't really resonate.  They seem to have a coating of "patine" and other crud, maybe even paint.  Perhaps with the help of some Brasso they will sound better.

The yoke is the bar that is attached with two nuts on each of the adjusting posts (brass) on both sides of the coils. It holds the pivot mount for the armature and clapper. By adjusting those nuts the distance between magnetic cores and the armature can optimized.  In addition, on your ringer the yoke also has an adjustment screw that limits the travel of the armature.

Typically the ringer model number is stamped into the metal on that yoke, or it is on a small brass or copper metal foil held by one of the nuts. Often it is hard to see the model number, but with some brushing and flash light, it may show up.

With a date of II 38, this is a very late issue of this ringer and it does look pretty new. That's probably why it has these high impedance coils (4300 ohms), similar to the B1A ringer (~4600 ohms), which was already out by this time.

Surprising to see the inverted gongs this late.  Not even the No. 9 catalog (1935) shows them anymore. I am wondering if this type of ringer (even with normal gongs) is still in the No. 10 catalog (~1939?), which I don't have.  Does anyone here?

[Greg G.]

I'M BACK!

Wow! 13 years and I still have that same stick (and still no cord to wall).  Now that I'm retired, I got the vintage phone bug again!  (Well, sort of, I have a wife and a house now).  There's no room in this small house, no garage either, but we do have a shed that has electricity.

Ok, technical question. I sold off my subsets in 2013 (mistake), now I bought another one for the stick, 684-A.    I'm trying to find a cloth cord that goes to the wall that has a modern end, but I can't seem to find one online.

Thank you all!

[RDPipes]

Is this what you mean? You may be just using the wrong phrase to find them.
eBay

[poplar1]

Photo from above eBay link: (Seller is actually PHONECO in Galesville, WI -- Ron and Mary Knappen.)

[poplar1]

Here is the same cord at phoneco's website:
https://phonecoinc.com/index.php?rt=product/category&path=72_147

[SUnset2]

That would work from the subset to the wall.
To go from the 151AL to the subset, you need a 4 conductor spade-to-spade.

This Ebay search should turn up a few to choose from:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=telephone+cord+cloth+4+conductor&_sacat=29832&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_odkw=telephone&_osacat=29832&_sop=10

One of the first hits is a nice original:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/257420777037

[RDPipes]

Here is the same cord at phoneco's website:
https://phonecoinc.com/index.php?rt=product/category&path=72_147

Last I heard from Mary is that they were still trying to find a buyer for all of it and had sold the building and that their website was gone. Good to see they got their website up again and hope their doing better.