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4th Sep 2015, 4:14 pm
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Location: Hertfordshire, UK.
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Ear we go
Some things I picked up on my travels, Pretty much of no use any more or for what they were made for, But can maybe be used as an extension speaker for a radio or telephone of the same era.
My wife is deaf, but she didn't seem to want them. |
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4th Sep 2015, 4:32 pm
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Re: Ear we go
Rather splendid things, "for the lady" I guess!
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4th Sep 2015, 4:38 pm
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Re: Ear we go
I suppose the idea was that you'd press the earpiece to your ear when you wanted to hear something, as with an old ear trumpet. The attached amplifier probably wasn't portable but you could use such a thing sitting in your armchair at home.
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4th Sep 2015, 4:43 pm
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Octode
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Re: Ear we go
Or maybe using a pair of headphones would mess up the ladies' coiffeur ?
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4th Sep 2015, 4:56 pm
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Octode
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Re: Ear we go
A number of local churches still have the 2 pin sockets attached to the back of some of the pews for these.
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4th Sep 2015, 8:29 pm
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Re: Ear we go
The two the same are made by General Acoustics in the US and the one with the volume control is a British Acousticon, I suspect they are 1920's.
I may find a use for them, you never know. |
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7th Sep 2015, 2:42 pm
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Octode
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Re: Ear we go
These would have been used with the Ardente church amplifier. I remember seeing one permanently wired to the back of a pew in Bath Abbey for the exclusive use of Lady Jepp.
Neil
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7th Sep 2015, 3:32 pm
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Hexode
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Re: Ear we go
I have a unit somewhere and a couple of the 'ear sets' but have never used them in anger. They came from a local theatre which had sockets around the walls.
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7th Sep 2015, 8:55 pm
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Re: Ear we go
I have been picking up some electrical odds and ends lately, not of any use to me, but its the type of thing I like.
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