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Is this a Leich dial?

Started by cloyd, February 19, 2016, 02:39:21 PM

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cloyd

I have a Leich 70 without a dial and would like to add one.  The photo isn't mine but of a 70 with a dial.  Are the other two photos of a Leich dial?  If so, is it appropriate for the 70?
Thank you,
Tina
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rdelius

I dont think Leich was building dials when those sets were produced so the AE is a good choice.these sets introduced about 1933 or so. Yours has a newer Leich handset

unbeldi

#2
That's a Kellogg No 10 dial.

The Leich 70 was only a local battery telephone, so it never came with a dial. The induction coil of the set is not suitable for common battery operation with a dial.

But the housing is the same as on some of the common battery sets, I think the model 60 or so, 62 is closest, but it required a subset.
Later they added a subbase enclosure in the model 90 to make it self-contained.

PS: Oh, does yours have an induction coil inside? Perhaps not.

unbeldi

I second that, I also don't think that Leich made dials in the 1930 or 40s.
But that Kellogg dial is also a later generation than this phone, so the only dial really period-correct would be an AE  24A36.