ROTARY D I A L TELEPHONE » RTT-56-B « RTT / Belgium (1956) ********************************************************************** C O O L : made by BELL, Antwerp With DIE-CAST METAL BODY & flippable METAL HANDLE and BAKELITE CRADLE & BAKELITE HAND-SET ... R E M A R K : ====================================================================== This vintage ROTARY TELEPHONE use "PULSE-DIALING". To make it work in your application, YOU MAY NEED A "PULSE-TO-TONE-CONVERTER"... Historical Remarks ... "RTT" = Regie voor Telegfraaf en Telefoon (1930) = BELGACOM (1992) R E M A R K S : ====================================================================== The telephone came with broken cradle, broken white number layer, broken ground-key, broken cables, missing screws inside and damaged dial-center. Inside on the bottom was the WIRE DIAGRAM glued ... ... 1st TEST of its ELECTRO-MECHANICS resulted in: "It works !!!" In 2013 restored to its beauty & functionality - BUT 2 FRONT-HOLES ( tiny, 1/2" = 12.5 mm distance ) are waiting for replacement of the MISSING "RTT" LOGO BADGE ... Picture found in WEB ... and MADE: ... "THANKS!" to my friend GERHARD GOTTSMANN, BERLIN, a Model-Railway/ Train-Sets COLLECTOR - and gifted (!) RESTORATOR - made this missing LOGO BADGE out of brass-sheet. He used old technology of making print- circuit-boards in photo-lithography: WOW! See his "2nd Aid" for my DUTCH TELEPHONE ... impressum: ********************************************************************** © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 05/10/16 |