Any chance of a photo? It would be interesting to make a few of these attachments in due course..thesignalman wrote: I discovered yesterday upon digging it out that one of my own instruments has one of these - doesn't say a lot for my memory!
John
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Indeed:R. pike wrote:Any chance of a photo? It would be interesting to make a few of these attachments in due course..
Photo: John Hinson
From memory, most of these zinc amplifiers had more folds than this one, more like an accordion.
. . . and this is the "piano key" type that I understand was used in telegraph offices:
Photo: John Hinson
The switch on the side turns off the sounder bells (under the needle).
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John
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Considerable interest was shown in the working instruments during an operating session organised for the Mid Norfolk Railway S&T department. No one actually tried to send a message however despite instruction booklets being provided at each instrument..
Thanks for the pictures, John. I'd say the zinc was peeled from a nearby S&T location cabinet roof maybe?
I have been offered a piano type instrument and i have a sending instrument with an unusual contact that i need to get my head round in due course. I'll post a picture or two later.
Thanks for the pictures, John. I'd say the zinc was peeled from a nearby S&T location cabinet roof maybe?
I have been offered a piano type instrument and i have a sending instrument with an unusual contact that i need to get my head round in due course. I'll post a picture or two later.