[ARC5] vintage headphone cords?

[John Hutchins]

I believe the split is of no consequence since the wire going between  
headphones is in the headband.  There is a long end and short end at the 
headphone end, HS-33 for example. the Y split was on the headphone band, 
so you would not choke the operator if you had to bail same for tankers.

=Hutch


On 8/27/2016 12:34 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>    I can think of a way to make a Y cord using new wire but it 
> requires being able to remove a wire from the cloth covering and 
> inserting it in another section of cloth covering. I think this is 
> possible but have not tried it. Nearly all double phones have the two 
> phones in series (an exception is the Brush crystal phone where the 
> two are in parallel), they split the wire so one end goes to each 
> phone and use a third wire to go from one phone to the other.
>
> On 8/26/2016 11:44 PM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
>> Yes, the complication in making replicas of the original cords is that
>> there was a Y split partway between the pins end and the phones end to
>> make separate leads to each earpiece, along with a lead in the Y that
>> ran from one earpiece to the other (IOW the cans are in series). There's
>> another split in the leads right before each earpiece so that separate
>> wires enter each can. All of the wires seem to have a single piece woven
>> outer covering.
>>
>> I think I saw a place that had some repro cloth covered tinsel wire for
>> antique speaker leads. And last year I found a place that does custom
>> cloth weaving for vintage repro wiring harnesses. It might be expensive
>> but the two resources together might be able to result in a repro
>> headset cable. Maybe....
>>
>> Wayne
>> WB4OGM
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
>> To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Fri, Aug 26, 2016 11:44 pm
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] vintage headphone cords?
>>
>> 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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