WESTERN ELECTRIC 51AL SOLID BRASS CANDLESTICK VERY RARE BELLS WALNUT RINGER BOX For Sale

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CONSTRUCTION: SOLID BRASS, HARD RUBBER, WALNUT AND STEELBRASS POLISHED TO MIRROR FINISHWESTERN ELECTRIC WALNUT RINGER BOX HAS RARE BELLS#2-4 WESTERN ELECTRIC DIAL MAKES CLICKING SOUND. SERVICED & CALLIBRATED
NEW FELT BOTTOM COVERTRANSMITTER MOUTHPIECE HAS * IN CENTERNEW CLOTH RECEIVER AND SUBSET CORDSREADY TO CONNECT TO TELEPHONE CO SERVICEMODERN MODULAR LINE CORD WILL PLUG INTO MODULAR JACK FOUND IN MOST ALL HOMESTELEPHONE RINGS WHEN CALLED, ANSWERS AND DIALS CALLSRESTORED IN MY SHOPS. OVER 50 YEARS RESTORING AND COLLECTING TELEPHONES OWNER OF THE PREMIER TELEPHONE RESTORATION CO 45 YRS: CHICAGO OLD TELEPHONE CO
This is the earliest dial desk telephone produced by Western Electric division of the Bell system. They were installedwith a subset containing ringer, induction coil and capacitors. Some were metal and others wood. There was not roomin the telephone for these large components. They were usually fastened to the wall. Most wood subsets and ringer boxes were make of oak. Walnut ones are hard to find. Few were made compared to oak. Western Electric Dial Candlestick Telephones were made of solid brass and painted black. Only very special people were allowed to have a polished brass one. While doing research for the UNTOUCHABLE production and series I discovered a picture of Al Capone talking on a polished brass dial candlestick. I can imagine the fate of a telephone representative telling Al he could not have one. My company CHICAGO OLD TELEPHONE CO supplied over 60 telephones for the productions including a beautiful solid brass one for AL’S scenes. In the early days multiple line telephones were not yet developed. Locations requiring more than one line were supplied with several telephones. Ringer boxes with a variety of bells producing distinctive sounds were installed allowing user to tell which phone to answer. Some types: COW BELLS, LIBERTY BELLS, SLEIGH BELLS, \"T\" BELLS, WOOD BELLS, GLASS BELLS, very rare ones like on this telephone and several sizes of round bells.
Early #2 dials had the finger stop mounted on the outside of the dial. This prevented their use on later recessed dialtelephones like the type 202 and others. During WW2 telephones could not be produced for the public so many dials were converted to type 4 and installed on older telephones. You can still see the screw holes on the side of this dial. MONEY BACK IF RETURNED IN 14 DAYS
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