General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, HANDSET, BUTTONS, HANDSET CORD, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER? PADS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.2 cm

Width

9.5 cm

Height

8.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORTHERN TELECOM

Country

China

State/Province

Unknown

City

Hong Kong

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

MID 1980'S +

Canada

FOUNDED IN 1895 TO MFR. TELEPHONE & OTHER EQ. FOR BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF CANADA, NORTHERN ELECTRIC &MFG. CO. LTD. BECAME NORTHERN ELECTRIC LTD. IN 1914, NORTHERN TELECOM LTD. IN 1976, NORTEL IN 1995, NORTEL NETWORKS IN 1998, & WAS ALWAYS LEADING CANADIAN MFR. OF TELEPHONE & LATER TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQ.

Function

DEVICE USED IN HOME TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION. IT CONVERTS HUMAN SPEECH INTO VARIATIONS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR PURPOSE OF TRANSMISSION BY LINE, FIBRE, OR RADIO TO REMOTE OR LOCAL POINT WHERE SIGNALS ARE RECONVERTED INTO SOUND WAVES.

Technical

CONTEMPRETTE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1984 & WAS MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG WITH VERY FEW N.T. COMPONENTS. ITS PRIMARY MARKET WAS USA THROUGH NTI NASHVILLE & VERY FEW WERE AVAILABLE IN CANADA. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "contemprette"/ RAISED LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BUTTONS, WHITE LETTERING BELOW EACH BUTTON/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom/ LABELS ON UNDERSIDE READ "NTD 9293/ LN=20", "84/OCT", "Communications/ Canada/ 332 566 A" WITH CANADIAN FLAG LOGO, "URGENCE/ EMERGENCY/ 911/ COMMUNAUTE/ URBAINE/ DE MONTREAL"

Missing

MOUNTING CORD

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREY CASING & HANDSET/ BLUE-GREY CORD/ BLACK BASE & PADS/ OFF-WHITE BUTTONS ON BLACK PLATE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PLUNGER

Decoration

N/A