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From: hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L Hansen)
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Subject: How do You Hook up a Phone For a Play?
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Date: 10 Feb 91 03:24:50 GMT
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A group I'm associated with is putting on a play and a phone will be
used on the set. How would I hook up the phone so that I can cause it
to ring on demand? Preferably, I'd like to have some sort of switch or
push button which I can push and have the phone ring. (Please email
the answers directly to me as this group expires too quickly on my
machine and I don't always get a chance to read the group in time
before things disappear.)


	Tony Hansen
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      tony@attmail.com


[Moderator's Note: Unless you want to go to a lot of hassle re-wiring
the phone itself, why not just get a small doorbell from a hardware
store; a battery to drive it and a simple switch. Have it off-stage
and activated at the proper time(s). The actors can pick up the phone
on demand. The audience won't know the difference.   PAT]