Classic Rotary Phones Forum

Telephone Talk => Flea Market/Yard Sale/Antique Store/Thrift Store Finds => Topic started by: allnumbedup on September 22, 2022, 03:57:19 PM

Title: Kewt little SC auxillary ringer
Post by: allnumbedup on September 22, 2022, 03:57:19 PM
I picked up this ringer box at my local outdoor flea market for $25 along with a GTE rotary payphone for $35 posted separately.  I plan to wall mount it for a SC stick (future project).  I think it is a relatively newer wood one and I love the old varnish finish and SC emblem. I believe the bells are nickel but yellowed from vanish. The back has a 298 sticker on it. The seller posted 5 phones on ebay but put this one aside for me and had the pay phone on his table. He threw in a steel drafting square and a drawer of little vintage sprague ceramic capacitors for the $60 total.
Title: Re: Kewt little SC auxillary ringer
Post by: allnumbedup on September 24, 2022, 06:21:44 AM
I've got this ringer home now and have identified the sawtooth gizmo on the connectors as being a #20 lightening arrestor connection. This ringer looks similar in construction to those from the 1904 and 1905 catalogs on TCI and referenced in Joe Uzel's book from the same time period. I can't find one with bottom mounted bells though.