Telephone Dial Repairs  Antique Telephone Repairs 

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P.O. Box 429

Salome, AZ 85348

520-370-3267

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WANT TO POLISH YOUR OLD PHONE?

NOVUS will do the trick, check it out!

A FASCINATING STORY:

I repaired this Western Electric #202 cradle telephone for Peter Hunn. Here's the history of this particular phone, and it's connection to Dick Clark, in Peter's own words:

The phone came from the original Bandstand-type studio at WPEN Radio, 2212 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. WPEN aired a "kids dancing to pop records" style of program called The 950 Club (as WPEN was at 950 on the AM dial). During that consistently #1 rated show the Western Electric #202 telephone was used by the radio engineer on duty to take directions from the 950 Club hosts regarding which record to play next, etc. These hosts had a similar phone on a desk that was supposed to represent a shop counter in the studio's "record store" motif.

Bob Horn, another Philadelphia DJ who figured that he could successfully adapt the popular 950 Club concept to television, took the program across town to WFIL-TV. When he got fired by WFIL for a DWI conviction, WFIL's cub DJ, Dick Clark, got the job...and the rest is well-known history.

The WPEN studio containing the #202 had been dark for years when I first spotted it. If I remember correctly, it was off the hook...

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LINKS:

MANY THANKS to Payton Palmer, and Mom Sarah

for this link to A History Of Telephone Communication 

Looking for that special old phone

or part to complete your vintage telephone

try OLDPHONESHOP.COM

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Here is an absolutely fantastic site

to help identify telephone parts and

answer a lot of questions.

FRILL FREE PHONES

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NO KEYS FOR YOUR PAY PHONE LOCK?

Seek no further, your problem is solved.

If you can remove the lock, a key can be made for it.

Check out this and other pages on

The Telephone on Prince Edward Island

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If you live in Great Britain and are interested in

Vintage Telephones, take a look at what

ABDY TELEPHONES has to offer

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HERE IT IS! A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY

OF THE MOBILE TELEPHONE.

A Big Thank-You to Richard Barker

All You Need To Know

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CHECK OUT THE GREAT WEBSITE

Source just about any part, telephone, or

repair service at PHONECO, INC

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RESEARCH OR PRINT YOUR OWN DIAL NUMBER CARDS.

A big Thank You to Dave Margulius

in my home town, San Francisco, for

a great site devoted to Dial Number Cards

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Digital Telephone? Answering Machine?

Get in touch with A-1 Electronics Repair

500 S. High Street, Belleville, IL 62220

(618) 235-6959, ask for Dennis

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HERE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF

BATTERIES FOR MAGNETO TELEPHONES

OR OTHER APPLICATIONS USING LARGE CELLS.

You can also find comprehensive information

on clock repairs and parts:

http://www.kensclockclinic.com/index.html

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DID YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER STOP SUPPORTING

PULSE (ROTARY DIAL) SERVICE FOR GOOD?

PROBLEM SOLVED

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ANTIQUE TELEPHONE INFORMATION

 "Kellogg Mike" Neale brings you these great sites:

Kellogg Reference Site

Stromberg-Carlson Site

Select-O-Phone Site

Mike's Vintage Telephones

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A REMARKABLE WEBSITE:

ANTIQUE TELEPHONE HISTORY WEBSITE

Check It Out, I Found It Fascinating

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WOW! A comprehensive website

of BRITISH TELEPHONES

by Bob Freshwater

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Check out the Telephone Museum of Prince Edward IslandA Great Storehouse of Information Here

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EE-8 and EE-91 Field Telephone

Handset Cords and Support Parts!

PHONESURPLUS.COM

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An absolutely fascinating site:

Now featuring telephone sounds, images, payphones,

switching, the Telephone Network, and MUCH  more:

TELEPHONE WORLD

by Dave Perrussel

THANKS, DAVE!

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NEED INFORMATION ON BELL SYSTEM

TELEPHONES AND FACTS?

BELL SYSTEM MEMORIAL

HAS WHAT YOU NEED!

Click Here

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NOW! LOCATE HISTORIC

TELEPHONE-RELATED DOCUMENTS

at the

TCI DOCUMENT LIBRARY

Click Here

THE TELEPHONE COLLECTORS INTERNATIONAL: (TCI)

TECHNICAL LIBRARY HAS HUNDREDS OF

SCHEMATICS AND DRAWINGS FOR MANY BRANDS

OF ANTIQUE TELEPHONES

Just Click Here and Then Click on Browse the L:ibrary

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Phones for sale and lots of great information

are available at Wistful Vista Telephone

click here

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Want to make your old payphone collect coins?

Would you like to build your own telephone tester?

The OLDPHONEGUY has a great site.

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Rod Lanthier has a greet site devoted to

THREE SLOT PAY PHONES

Check It Out

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If you would like to download an excellent PDF about old telephones and repairs, 

 Dr. Jeffrey Race has a marvelous treatise on Old Telephones.

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I recently found this great article by J. B. Calvert Titled Basic Telephones.

It's a bit advanced, but if you want to learn more about the theory of telephones

I suggest you read all of it.

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e Budnick has an excellent web site with great information on the PTT telephones once made in Holland and sold in great quantity by Radio Shack. His site also has information on Automatic Electric, Western Electric, Intercoms, and other old telephones.

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Gary Goff has a great site with fabulous photos of

his collection, and links to other site of interest.

Be sure to view his video from The History Channel.

Click Here

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TELEPHONE DIAL REPAIR

Is this Modern Art? Not really. It's the remains of a Main Spring from a German telephone dial. The spring had disintegrated and I decided to have some fun with the pieces.

 Your Old Dial Can be Restored To Life 
 READ ABOUT DIAL REPAIR
TOUCH TONE PADS (OLDER)

 This is a Strowger Dial manufactured by Automatic Electric Company and used on Private Automatic Exchanges. This is just one of many dials that I can repair for you. Labor averages six dollars per dial and any needed repair parts, plus return postage, are extra.

IDENTIFY YOUR WESTERN ELECTRIC 1949-83 TELEPHONE

Many, many thanks to Paul Fassbender for providing a concise listing

of the Post-1949 Western Electric model numbers and applications. Just click here

or on the image to link to Paul's fabulous site.

Take a look at Paul's Main Web Page for a wealth of information.

A very large selection of Vintage Telephones and repair parts

is now available from Oldphoneworks.com. They have recently

combined the assets of Chicago Old Telephone Company

to become a real powerhouse in the vintage telephone

repair and supply business. They are located in

Kingston, Ontario, Canada but have U. S. facilities.

Call 1-800-843-1320 or click on the image.

There are two Telephone Collectors Clubs:

Telephone Collectors International

Antique Telephone Collectors Association

Click on the image above to visit the ATCA web site.

You probably wonder what Antique Telephones have to do with "Navy Salvage."  One of my most favorite occupations is salvaging relics from old navy vessels that have been decommissioned and are being dismantled. I have salvaged from vessels that were being dismantled at Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco, before the yard was shut down. Later, I salvaged from many vessels in Brownsville, Texas. And, if all goes well, I will be aboard more old vessels from the Ghost Fleet at Suisun Bay, California, when they are dismantled at the dry-dock facilities at Mare Island, near Vallejo, California, in 2009.

The view above is the old #4 dry-dock at Hunter's Point Shipyard, San Francisco, California. The ship at left is the frigate USS LANG. The hull at the right is the frigate USS GRAY.  If you click on the image above, it will take you to some pictures taken aboard the museum ship LANE VICTORY, at San Pedro, California
 

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