No 16 Telephone handset - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

trevwgb · 1st Jul 2007, 1:04 am

Hi
Could someone kindly tell me if the GPO skeleton telephone no 16 has a hand set with a press to speak button or whether such a handset would be a reproduction, as I had previously thought?
Many thanks
Regards
Trev

plumbweiss · 1st Jul 2007, 6:45 pm

Well the press to speak handsets Ive seen (and have here) are only 2-core, the button switches between the mic and ear. The no16 however has 4 connections for the handset so I'm not sure..my handsets were sourced at different times to the actual phone base.

Nickthedentist · 3rd Jul 2007, 12:48 am

Have you e-mailed Bob Freshwater? (Google him to find his excellent site) He was very helpful to me once concerning a similar query.

Pellseinydd · 11th Jul 2007, 8:56 pm

The handset used on the Telephone No 16 did use a four-way plaited cord - the handset being known as a "Telephone No 28". Somewhere in my 'archives', I have the GPO drawing for the construction of the cord for the Tele 28 - it was still a 'current' BT drawing 10 years ago when I ordered my copy !! The same handset was used on a number different items of telecoms equipment.

There were other versions of a similar looking handset without the 'Press to Speak' switch - some used four way cords and other used two way cords (usually intercom phones)

1st Jul 2007, 1:04 am	#1
trevwgb Tetrode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 81	No 16 Telephone handset Hi Could someone kindly tell me if the GPO skeleton telephone no 16 has a hand set with a press to speak button or whether such a handset would be a reproduction, as I had previously thought? Many thanks Regards Trev

1st Jul 2007, 6:45 pm	#2
plumbweiss Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 157	Re: No 16 Telephone handset Well the press to speak handsets Ive seen (and have here) are only 2-core, the button switches between the mic and ear. The no16 however has 4 connections for the handset so I'm not sure..my handsets were sourced at different times to the actual phone base.

3rd Jul 2007, 12:48 am	#3
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,844	Re: No 16 Telephone handset Have you e-mailed Bob Freshwater? (Google him to find his excellent site) He was very helpful to me once concerning a similar query.

11th Jul 2007, 8:56 pm	#4
Pellseinydd Heptode Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Flintshire, UK. Posts: 707	Re: No 16 Telephone handset The handset used on the Telephone No 16 did use a four-way plaited cord - the handset being known as a "Telephone No 28". Somewhere in my 'archives', I have the GPO drawing for the construction of the cord for the Tele 28 - it was still a 'current' BT drawing 10 years ago when I ordered my copy !! The same handset was used on a number different items of telecoms equipment. There were other versions of a similar looking handset without the 'Press to Speak' switch - some used four way cords and other used two way cords (usually intercom phones)