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From: onymouse@netcom.UUCP (John DeBert)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: how to quieten LOUD ringer on phone?
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Date: 18 May 89 20:05:35 GMT
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If the telephone is a desk set, i.e., an ATT 500 or 2500, there is a small
spring clip on the ringer loudness adjustment that keeps it from being moved
to the last position which completely silences the bells. Pulling that clip
back from the detents allows you to silence the ringer.

Also, by bending the wire that the clapper is mounted on, the tone and
loudness can be changed. Experimenting with both the loudness adjustment
and bending the clapper can produce a suitable range of loudness for the bell.

(BTW, the bell in the 500/2500 sets are the dual bell type. )

J DeBert
onymouse@netcom.UUCP