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New Phone in Museum

N1317 phone given me Aug 12, 2009 by Charles Dingwell. The phone as received had been improperly converted by a former owner to a handset phone without a proper apparatus blank installed in the location of the former transmitter - instead it had been replaced with a wooden dowel in the hole. When doing this conversion, one must replace the switch hook with one designed for an F1 handset - this phone still had the original switch-hook designed for the hanging receiver. The handset, instead of proper cords, had two lengths of lamp wire run to it. The former desk had been removed from the phone. Other than this, the phone was in good shape - all parts operational, and the wood in good shape.

This conversion was common and sanctioned by Northern Electric when they came out with the N1315, but there was a proper way, and a wrong way to do it. The Northern Electric T8 catalogue on page 71 covered the correct procedure and NE's MD-2127 conversion kit designed for the purpose. The old transmitter and transmitter bracket was to be removed from the front of the phone and replaced with a proper apparatus blank. The Receiver and cord were to be likewise removed. The switch-hook fulcrum pin was to be removed and a correct handset fork was to be installed. These parts were ordered, and this is the end result, a proper N1317 with MD-2127 conversion completed August 29.

As of Noon, Friday, July 16, 2010, the Island Register is on a new server. The move went well, and hopefully the move was totally transparent to our users. See the notes at the bottom of the page for an update effecting all our Newsletter Subscribers!

• Sep 01 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Sep 01 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Aug 25 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Aug 25 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Aug 24 2010 - Updates made to our to our "North Shore Regiment" Page!

• Aug 18 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Aug 18 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Aug 11 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Aug 11 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Aug 04 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Aug 04 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jul 28 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jul 28 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jul 26 2010 - New Book Review, "From The Isles To The Antipodes" added to our "Book Index" Pages!

• Week till Jul 30, 2010 - 2 Family file(s) added, 1 file(s) updated on our Lineages page bringing our total to 1097. This is the date of the most recent change/addition only.

• Jul 21 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jul 21 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jul 15 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jul 15 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jul 07 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jul 07 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Week till Jul 09, 2010 - 2 file(s) updated on our Lineages page bringing our total to 1095. This is the date of the most recent change/addition only.

• Jul 07 2010 - Two letters added on our Letter Index Page!

• Jul 01 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jun 30 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jun 24 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jun 24 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jun 17 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jun 17 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• June 13, 2010 - Centenarians List updated on our "Centenarians" Page!

• Jun 09 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jun 09 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

• Jun 02 2010 - Death Notices from Island Newspapers, to Jun 02 2010 added to our "2010 Death Notices" Page!

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