786 Trimphone - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

sheriff076 · 30th Dec 2011, 8:16 pm

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if the 786 type of Trimphone can be wall mounted. Does it have screw eye positions or was a bracket available?

Thanks,

mickash · 30th Dec 2011, 9:15 pm

There are no wall mounting holes in the base of a Trimphone. If you managed to attach one to the wall the handset would just fall off. It is not designed to hook on, just rest on with the phone in a horizontal position.
I've never seen a wall mounting bracket for a trimphone but they may have been produced. In any case it would still have had to hold the phone in a horizontal position.

Michael.

AndiiT · 30th Dec 2011, 9:32 pm

Hi,
If you scroll around two -thirds of the way down this page, there are details of a wall mounting kit (Kit 422A) for the 722 dial version of the Trimphone.

I have never seen a wall mounting kit in "real life" and suspect that they are rarer than hens teeth!

Regards

Andrew

OscarFoxtrot · 30th Dec 2011, 9:36 pm

There was a wall bracket for a Trimphone - Kit 422A

There is a photo of the kit here:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/f...?topic=3784.45

Details given here
http://www.britishtelephones.com/t722.htm

sheriff076 · 30th Dec 2011, 11:13 pm

Hello,

Many thanks these replies have been useful and so have the links. I wanted to get one in the kitchen but might not if the 422 mount isn't compatible with the 786 phone.

OscarFoxtrot · 31st Dec 2011, 12:53 am

Keep your eyes open for a nice Compact instead

Dave Moll · 31st Dec 2011, 4:04 pm

Alternatively, how about making a wall shelf for your 786 to stand on?

sheriff076 · 1st Jan 2012, 12:16 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Moll

Alternatively, how about making a wall shelf for your 786 to stand on?

I think this will have to be the approach. The brief from her in doors was a DTMF vintage phone for the kitchen and wall mounted but the use of a shelf will be the compromise. Thanks for all the suggestions.

OscarFoxtrot · 1st Jan 2012, 3:36 pm

would it be possible to fit a 782 Dial unit into a Tele 741?

Otherwise you'd need the chrome handset bracket to turn a 782 into a 785.
http://www.britishtelephones.com/t785.htm

30th Dec 2011, 8:16 pm	#1
sheriff076 Triode Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 27	786 Trimphone Hello, Can anyone tell me if the 786 type of Trimphone can be wall mounted. Does it have screw eye positions or was a bracket available? Thanks,

30th Dec 2011, 9:15 pm	#2
mickash Hexode Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Derbyshire, UK. Posts: 289	Re: 786 Trimphone There are no wall mounting holes in the base of a Trimphone. If you managed to attach one to the wall the handset would just fall off. It is not designed to hook on, just rest on with the phone in a horizontal position. I've never seen a wall mounting bracket for a trimphone but they may have been produced. In any case it would still have had to hold the phone in a horizontal position. Michael.

30th Dec 2011, 9:32 pm	#3
AndiiT Octode Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saltburn-East, Cleveland, UK. Posts: 1,786	Re: 786 Trimphone Hi, If you scroll around two -thirds of the way down this page, there are details of a wall mounting kit (Kit 422A) for the 722 dial version of the Trimphone. I have never seen a wall mounting kit in "real life" and suspect that they are rarer than hens teeth! Regards Andrew

30th Dec 2011, 9:36 pm	#4
OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: 786 Trimphone There was a wall bracket for a Trimphone - Kit 422A There is a photo of the kit here: http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/f...?topic=3784.45 Details given here http://www.britishtelephones.com/t722.htm

30th Dec 2011, 11:13 pm	#5
sheriff076 Triode Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 27	Re: 786 Trimphone Hello, Many thanks these replies have been useful and so have the links. I wanted to get one in the kitchen but might not if the 422 mount isn't compatible with the 786 phone.

31st Dec 2011, 12:53 am	#6
OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: 786 Trimphone Keep your eyes open for a nice Compact instead

31st Dec 2011, 4:04 pm	#7
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,127	Re: 786 Trimphone Alternatively, how about making a wall shelf for your 786 to stand on? __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)

1st Jan 2012, 3:36 pm	#9
OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: 786 Trimphone would it be possible to fit a 782 Dial unit into a Tele 741? Otherwise you'd need the chrome handset bracket to turn a 782 into a 785. http://www.britishtelephones.com/t785.htm