Browsing through Etsy when I saw a "upcycled" 554 made into a birdhouse for $50.
Don't you hate it when people "improve" telephones.
At least it wasn't a valuable, being a 1984 beige.
http://tinyurl.com/kw4hx4j
Better than the landfill :-\
They're still at it then? ::)
This one appeared last year:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=7221.0
It's a poorly designed birdhouse at that. A good birdhouse should NOT have a perch, it only serves as a handhold for predators, birds don't need them.
I am curious as to what is holding the fingerwheel on?? The finger stop appears to be behind the wheel?