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Automatic Electric Type A to Type F US Navy Phones

Started by ntophones, January 06, 2010, 02:27:56 PM

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HowardPgh

Very pretty and interesting AE40.  Those grey cords look like switchboard cords. Are they cloth cords?  Howard
Howard

Doug Rose

Howard....they are cloth cords and very supple. They are too good, they have to be new, especially with the modular end on the line cord. Not stiff at all.

Really a cool phone with the factory cuts for the handset locks. I have seen the others with the above locking device, but I have never seen this before. ....Doug
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Nick in Manitou

#122
I don't know if this is the same battleship phone that was referred to in a previous thread on the forum when it was offered for sale on Craigslist for $800 in un-restored shape or not, but I thought it was pretty cool looking. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221185014261 -- dead link

As I saw there was only one bid on it, I didn't mention it until the auction was over.

I am sure that in its original livery it looked much more utilitarian, but it looks good this way.

It is certainly out of my price range, but it would look great hanging on the wall of my office!

AE_Collector

#123
AE made some nifty phones for use on ships. This is definitely one of them.

Unknown winner of this one. 7***n [88]

Terry

Sargeguy

#124
Anyone see this one?:





http://www.ebay.com/itm/111010453902 -- dead link
Greg Sargeant
Providence, RI
TCI /ATCA #4409

Nick in Manitou

It is a good thing that I missed that one...I would have been tempted!!

AE_Collector

These ones come up on ebaY fairly often. AE listed all of the ship type phones as "Type X" with the X being a letter. I think the 40 with handset lock is a Type D...isn't it? Most have a metal plate on them somewhere with the "Type" number and contract that it was ordered on for the Navy etc.

We should work on a topic with pictures of all of AE's shipboard phones. We have two of them here now.

Terry

AE_Collector

#127
Oops, the 40 is NOT a type D. Here is a discussion about the "Cadillac" of the AE shipboard phones, the Type D.

Terry


AE_Collector

Quote from: paul-f on April 25, 2012, 09:44:58 PM
The Type D pictured above is (as I recall) from an ebay auction in May 2011.  It was presented as a MIB (unused) set, complete with a rather large junction box.  The condition was exceptional and the starting price was $7,500.  Shipping across the country to me would have been another $126.

I remember them on ebaY as well. Except I thought that it was priced at $250 or maybe $350 range. be the $350 figure was with shipping. MayI know he had more than one and at least one, probably two were NIB or at least Refurbed in box possibly. Shipping was over $100. I too talked with him after the auction as they didn't sell but didn't manage to make a deal on them. I think he was in Sacramento area.

Sur would like to find one in that price range now!

Terry

paul-f

I've been working from past Singing Wires articles and past ebay auction photos to piece together a photo album of the Type A to F variations.

Posting may have to wait until the work on the next phase of the TCI Library is completed.
Visit: paul-f.com         WE  500  Design_Line

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davidbholcomb

I posted this today Click Here but it could have been posted here.
Dave, who still needs a Transmitter Bracket for the Automatic Electric Type 38 Handset.

jfrutschy

#131
Ok folks a year ago I just had to have one of those big navy phones made by AE.  I have just acquired another similar style.  A type F.  Can find anything on the downloaded catalog of AE phones on this type.  It just amazes me, great addition to my AE family collection. I guess the question is where would I find documentation on this type?

G-Man

Wrong number card for a U.S. Navy ship but here is a general description...

The TYPE F bulkhead telephone can be installed in any station except those on weather decks. The type F telephone is a non-watertight unit designed for mounting on a bulk-head or on the side of a desk. It consists essentially of a metal housing on which are mounted the handset, dial, and ringer. The line connections are made at a terminal block inside the housing.


AE_Collector

Way Cool! One of the few phones that I really like "brassed out"!

I would love to get the entire "Navy Series" of AE Phones. All I have is the 40 and a 50 modified for use on ships. Somewhere on here we started a topic on all of the possibilites. Of course the (is it Type D?) switchboard phone has to be the undeniable "King" of AE Navy Phones. I would love to have one of them and had a shot at one for something like $3xx a few years ago but wasn't able to make a deal with the seller near Sacramento CA.

Terry

stub

#134
John,
       That's a nice one !!!!!!! I need to get one also. The only one I have is the 50.   stub
Kenneth Stubblefield