I've been looking around for a book on fixing telephones--not ancient
models but not new cheap junk either. Haven't seen anything that
looked good... Any recommendations?
thanks, Guy
That's an open-ended question...
It depends on "which" telephones you are talking about and the country
and era of manufacture - there are literally thousands of options. No
one book could even hope to cover anything but a small fraction of the
telephones which have appeared throughout the world over the past 100
years and even then the task of detailing the circuitry which would be
necessary for repairing them would be an impossible task.
There are some good web sites on telephone equipment. One example
which details telephones used in the UK is here
http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/
Some of the telephone circuits are available for the instruments but
you will have to sort through it yourself. If you want USA telephones
then - good luck.