Visiting the Comm museum 29-12-2019
Have you sent a letter lately? Or do you use pneumatic tubes to send messages? Do you still use an encyclopedia? Do you actually […]
Articles by Arwin
The wife says noooooooooooo!
How does a telephone collector combine his lifestyle with a spouse? Does your significant other welcome your latest find with open arms or do you […]
Just getting a few spare parts, nothing much: Avoncroft swap meet in april 2019
I just needed a few parts. I made a small list of everything I needed. Or so I thought. And maybe just one phone, so […]
Modern Art telephones: 8 models from the collection of the MOMA
Common household items, that is what telephones are. But are they art? Or even Art? Of course opinions and tastes differ widely. Nevertheless MOMA, the […]
Unplugged: the infuriating problem of disconnectivity
Crossing several generations of technology is often a challenge, when one tries to connect an antique telephone to a modern telephone line. Usually the electrical […]
Grey mice : what is the difference between a T65 and FeTAp 61?
So similar that it is hard to tell them apart: the Dutch T65 (left) and the German FeTAp 61 (right), known in Germany as Graue […]
Comm used my picture, part 2: a warm reception
After blog about Comm using my picture and my letter to the managing director I got an email from Adriaan Wagenaar inviting me for […]
Visiting living history, Houweling Telecom Museum in Rotterdam 16-10-2018
A warm summers day in october. Oh yes, perfect for a visit to the Houweling Telecom Museum. I left it for far too long, […]
A very seasoned traveller: restoring an Ericsson type 1951
Seldom I get a phone on my workbench that has come from another continent. And this particular one has been across the Atlantic a surprising […]
Mystery phone
“I’ll find out what it is, when it gets here” I thought mid-2013. To this day I still do not exactly know what it is. […]