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From: gabe@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener)
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Subject: Re: How do You Hook up a Phone For a Play?
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Date: 13 Feb 91 03:42:29 GMT
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In article <74347@bu.edu.bu.edu> hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L
Hansen) writes:

>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

>[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

Maybe he doesn't do that because a doorbell sounds NOTHING LIKE A
PHONE.

There are little boxes you can get from those telecom catalogs that
put out ringing current.  I see 'em all the time in phone stores when
they just HAVE to show off how the duck phone really quacks when it
rings.

It should be a simple matter to find a dealer who uses one of these
gadgets and ask him where he got it.


Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ.   gabe@ctr.columbia.edu       
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