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From: chittur@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Venkatesh K Chittur)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: how to quieten LOUD ringer on phone?
Keywords: old Western Electric touch-tone phone
Message-ID: <957@cb.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 16 May 89 20:35:22 GMT
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I have an old Western Electric (AT&T) telephone; it's touch-tone,
trimline, with the lighted-dial-in-handset. I'd bought it
right after the breakup of AT&T, when they were actually
selling the same phones they used to rent out. It has a
mechanical bell ringer, with a lever under it, that can
be moved to make the ring softer or louder. The problem
is, I find it too loud even at the lowest setting. I have a
separate ringer-silencer, but I'd rather be able to use the
ringer at a lower setting. I opened it up and looked at it,
but it seemed like *all* the parts would have to come apart
before the ringer comes out of the assembly inside! Obviously,
I'm not sure if I can put it all back together (even if I
manage to get it all apart without snapping a few things!),
and am wondering if there is an easy way that someone
already knows about...
Please email if possible; post if you can't send mail.
Thanks in advance!

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Venkatesh K. Chittur (chittur@ecn.purdue.edu, pur-ee!chittur)
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