For some members Singing Wires,
the official Telephone Collectors International newsletter, is the whole
reason they joined us. Read on to find out why!
Singing Wires presents a unique collection of informative articles and news of the telephone collectors' community. The newsletters' primary focus is the telephone collecting hobby but it includes many well written articles on telephone history that make it interesting to anyone who is interested in the history of telecommunications.
Singing Wires also includes members' free advertisements.
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Deadlines are as follows:
Advertisments: The first of the month. (For example, the advertisments for the July issue must be received by July 1st.)
Article Submission Deadline: The 25th of the month before the issue date. (For example, the July issue article deadline is June 25th.)
Bonus Pages Material: The 12th of the issue month. (For example, the July issue Bonus Pages material must be received by July 12th.)
Roger’s Reminiscences:
Wire Tapping in Perú
by Roger Conklin
Restored Ceiling Mural
by Paul Wills
The President’s Column
by Jonathan Finder, M.D.
Letter to the Editor
Bell Telephone Magazine:
Consolidation of Keystone System
with Bell Company of Pennsylvania
Eliminates an Uneconomic and
Inefficient Situation in Only Big
City Where it had Continued
by Peter L. Schauble
From the October 2008 issue: Roger's Reminiscences
Why the Bell System Opposed the Automatic Dial Telephone, Part I by Roger Conklin.
From the June 2004 issue: The Kellogg Type 1000 Masterphone
By Roger Conklin. A definitive article on the Kellogg 1000 or, "Redbar" as it is known by collectors.
From the December 2002 issue: The A-B-C's of Western Electric Desksets
By Gary Goff. Do the terms A1, B1, C1, D1, 102, 202, etc. have you confused. Gary Goff provides a definitive reference as to what they all mean.
From the November 1990 issue: The Western Electric Color Palette
By Paul McFadden. An overview of those elusive Western Electric Colored Sets.
Also from the March 1998 issue: The Wire Chief's Dream. A spooky followup to
The Phantom Circuit originally from the March 1917 issue of The
Telephone News.
From the March 1998 issue: The Phantom Circuit by Paul Wills. A nifty way to obtain
three telephone circuits from four wires!
From the February 1999 issue: The Attachment Corner by Mitch Soroka. This installment
features the Red Cross Germ Proof Mouthpiece.
From the December 1998 issue: The Book Shelf by George W.
Howard. This month, George reviews The Speaking
Telephone, Electric Light, and Other Recent Inventions by George B. Prescott.
From the December 1998 issue: Tickled by Nickel
By Steve Brink. Dedicated to the person who finds a really nice telephone that
needs a little work!
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