McMurdoSilver - Master of "Telephones as an Art"

[HarrySmith]

WOW

That is just incredible. He does such magnificent work. The shine on that phone & handset is so deep it looks like it is in liquid form!!

[AE_Collector]

He used to always have items on ebaY but not as consistent anymore. I think Doug posted a "Frank is BacK" topic a year or more ago.

Went looking for it and here it is.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=5633.0 (this link is dead)

If you search McMurdo from the home page there are lots of hits.

How about a "McMurdo Silver" topic? I can merge the various topics where his name and some of his phones are shown into one tribute to Frank.

Good idea?
Bad Idea?

Terry

[Doug Rose]

Terry...real good idea....Frank is a Master and he creates real Art...Doug

[AE_Collector]

Got any suggestions for the Title Doug?

Terry

[HarrySmith]

"The Telephone As A Work Of Art"

[TelePlay]

"McMurdo Magical Mastery Tour"

[DavePEI]

McMurdo's Alchemy - Wizard of Restoration!

[Doug Rose]

Got any suggestions for the Title Doug?

Terry

All three suggestions are winners...Doug

[JorgeAmely]

It looks wonderful, but I see one flaw on it.

Although it looks very nice, the handsets never had white letters on the ring that holds the microphone in place.

[david@london]

that's interesting to know. i had thought of painting in the white letters on the 2 kellogg handsets i have, but if this was not the way a new phone would've looked i might not.

the phone shown above is really superb........ it reached a superb price too.......

here's another recent sale for a 925 that ended on 7th sept '13 at (only) $365 .........has repaired hairline crack as shown.

http://tinyurl.com/pmufro9


edit: the seller was classic_phones

[AE_Collector]

Okay, Frank is the Master of Telephone Restoration and all I can Master is Merging Topics here on the CRPF. I used various words from the suggestions that I had for a title and all I came up with was this.

If anyone finds any "Frank" or "McMurdo" Topics that I missed, let me know.

Terry

[Doug Rose]

thanks Terry....really nice....Doug

[HarrySmith]

This is one of our favorite telephone sellers on eBay. This guy get his phones so shiny they could cause blindness, nobody even comes close to his level of restoration. I was always curious about his seller name. I recently came across it in an auction. McMurdo Silver was a manufacturer of radios in the 1930's and later got into test equipment! Apparently the founder of the company had the same ideas of perfection, what I read talked about the beauty of his radios & receivers.

[ReneRondeau]

Looks like he hasn't listed anything on eBay in over a year.

[HarrySmith]

Has Frank ever done a phone in another color? I browsed through this topic & his web album, every phone was Black.