[ARC5] vintage headphone cords?

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sat Aug 27 01:43:41 EDT 2016


     It seems to me that I did see one of those sites with the wire on 
it. Making a Y cord can probably be done with it but I am not sure of 
the best way to connect the outer covering at the joint. The cords I 
have all look like the outer cord cover was woven in one piece.

On 8/26/2016 10:18 PM, Lee wrote:
> Check out some supply houses supporting old telephone collectors. (Old
> farm house type telephones used this type cord.)  They may have
> something you can use.
> Lee, w0vt
>>> Is there someplace that makes the old cloth-covered tinsel-wire vintage
>>> headphone cords? The kind that used to be found on Brandes, Trimm, etc.
>>> from the 1920s or 1930s or so? Google hasn't been my friend. I have some
>>> 1920s era sets whose cords are pretty far gone.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>> WB4OGM
>>>
>>>
>>> __
>
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