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pmmunro · 29th Mar 2020, 6:29 pm

I have seen this arrangement used on a television studio technical control room desk. If I remember correctly, the handset was mounted on a steeply sloping panel above the horizontal desktop and the dial unit was below the desktop. The arrangement was presumably to save space on the desktop and to ensure that the handset was always readily accessible.

The dial unit is retractable by means of a clock spring.

PMM

29th Mar 2020, 6:29 pm	#5
pmmunro Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dundee, UK. Posts: 1,813	Re: GPO 713 Pendant phone and 'under desk'dial. I have seen this arrangement used on a television studio technical control room desk. If I remember correctly, the handset was mounted on a steeply sloping panel above the horizontal desktop and the dial unit was below the desktop. The arrangement was presumably to save space on the desktop and to ensure that the handset was always readily accessible. The dial unit is retractable by means of a clock spring. PMM