Abstract: A toy telephone has a handpiece and a cradle for the handpiece. The cradle is spring urged upwardly at a controlled rate when the handpiece is lifted. A motor driven phonograph reproduces recorded sound only when the cradle is in its upper position. When the handpiece is placed on the cradle, it moves to its lower position and in doing so causes the phonograph motor to rotate intermittently in a reverse direction. Upon reverse rotation of the motor a clapper on the motor shaft moves outwardly to ring a bell located near the motor. Movement of the cradle actuates switches to control the direction of motor rotation.