Hi Allen,   
      
   > I don't know if this will be seen by anyone who can help, but I love my   
   > antique telephones... I love the sound of the mechanical bell... and the   
   > heaviness of the handsets.   
      
   Know what you mean :)  I think I have quite a collection in the basement.. or   
   I did at least.. now I want to go down there and look Lol   
      
   > I have a box that lets my cell phone act as an inbound line on my POTS   
   > channels and it also gates my ip phone in as the landline... however there's   
   > not enough voltage to make my phones ring... and there's a box from australia   
   > that will take the rotary phones and read the pulses then dial out.   
      
   I'm not sure this page will help you, but maybe it or a link off it will help?   
   I see them talking about an H-bridge and voltage booster circuit for an   
   arduino device.. not the same obviously..   
      
   http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/5531/wiring-up-old-phone-ringer-   
   to-arduino   
      
   Here's another kind of strange page that might help:   
      
   http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/283831-How-to-make-a-phone-ri   
   ng   
      
   Bunch of weird articles out there :)  This is the search I used FWTW:   
      
    google search: How to get enough voltage to make old phones ring from cell   
    phone?   
      
   > I love the sound of mechanical ringers though.   
      
   :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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