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Telephone Talk => Auction Talk => Topic started by: Doug Rose on February 08, 2015, 09:33:22 AM

Title: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Doug Rose on February 08, 2015, 09:33:22 AM
This went cheap, but where there was no inside picture so I passed. Anyone lucky enough to get  it. Where the dial blank should be, there is a ringer and the card goes in the top. Very ingenious....Doug

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261758377274
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: LarryInMichigan on February 08, 2015, 10:17:10 AM
That looks like a SC 1191.  I posted about one way back: forum link (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3041.0).  The current phone came from the city where my grandmother's family lived.

Larry
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: unbeldi on February 08, 2015, 01:47:49 PM
Should I have to mention, that...
This telephone is the last word in economy, efficiency, and beauty—the result of several years of laboratory research and development.

[SC 1936 Bul 36J]
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Jon Kolger on February 11, 2015, 05:55:17 PM
Like most of the S-C oval-base sets, these were made in many colors.  I'll try to get a photo of an ivory one I have around here and will add it to this thread later on.
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: paul-f on February 11, 2015, 06:49:03 PM
There are photos of mine here:
   http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3931.msg51804#msg51804 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3931.msg51804#msg51804)
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Jon Kolger on February 12, 2015, 01:33:19 PM
Mine is just like Paul's, except that an overzealous very young collector (me) stripped the paint off the bell years ago and polished the brass underneath.  That was probably 35 years ago.  I haven't had the heart or the nerve to try and reverse my error in judgement.
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Doug Rose on February 12, 2015, 01:44:47 PM
Jon....I think it looks great!! It would be wonderful if you good share some other beauties you have amassed over the years...Doug
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: paul-f on February 12, 2015, 10:55:43 PM
Quote from: Jon Kolger on February 12, 2015, 01:33:19 PM
Mine is just like Paul's, except that an overzealous very young collector (me) stripped the paint off the bell years ago and polished the brass underneath. 

Jon,

Did the gong sound different after the paint was removed?

Looks great.

Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: HarrySmith on February 13, 2015, 09:55:41 PM
I like the polished gong, looks great!
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Jon Kolger on February 14, 2015, 11:44:45 AM
I've never tried to make it ring.  Back in the day, nobody cared if their phones actually worked, they were just for display.  How things have changed...
Title: Re: SC with built in Ringer
Post by: Doug Rose on February 14, 2015, 12:21:56 PM
I have a black one that I purchased and it worked right out of the box. Great cloth cords, just a beauty. I bought it to use the ringer in another project and then realized what a cool phone it is. The Ivory is another story, that is stunning. I do like the Brass gong...Doug
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