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    Posted 9 years ago

    Kydur
    (103 items)

    I found this circa 1904 Western Electric Company candlestick telephone, a dialer/ringer box and extension ringer box at a yard sale for a steal of a deal at only $50.

    Both ringer boxes include the original faded and very frail paper wiring diagrams and schematics attached inside the hinged covers. The crank-driven magneto works perfect and only a minor adjustment was required on the bell-ringer arm.

    The wire inside the boxes is very brittle and I've researched some conversions to get the phone to work on a modern day line but I think I'll just leave everything in their current condition, frayed wire and all.

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    1. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      You need to turn yourself into the police because you robbed those people. Fantastic deal.
      I wouldn't touch a thing either other than hooking it up to one of those boxes. I would go with the box in the 2nd photo.
    2. Kydur Kydur, 9 years ago
      Yup, robbed all right! Actually the people ended up having perpetual yard sales all summer long as they were downsizing and clearing out. I got to know them quite well and they were happy to see some of their stuff go to a good home so I got quite a few items from them at great prices. The RCA Loud Speaker (also in my posting list) is another example. I'll post some more from those sales as I have time.

      The phone definitely has to be connected to the box in the 2nd photo since that's the one with the crank. The other box is intended as a remote ringer (I think) that would go in another room or part of the office. I guess these were in the days before extension phones... multiple ringers and a mad dash to a single phone!

      I think because I swore I would never "modernize" the wiring and convert the circuitry is why I managed to get if for such a good price.

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