Bell System Chime ringer, as removed from service

[Jim Stettler]

I went to an estate sale today, it was about 4 blocks from my house. They had retiredthe 554 about 5years ago , but still had a WE bell system "bell Chime" (set to chime) hooked up. I asked if I coule buy it and got a yes answer.

[Jim Stettler]

I returned and pulled the chime and paid $2.00 for it. I couldn't find anydates on the chime and the cover emblem was a '39 bell (pre-1964) they told me it was original to the house which was built in 1963. The downsides were : the house smelled heavy of cats and the cover was sticky with long ago nicotine. The upside was it was  still in service since 1963, I removed it myself and now  own it for $2.00,as a healthy bonus I walked to the house to remove it.

Sorry no pictures.
Jim S.

[WesternElectricBen]

That's great, it's always interesting when uninstalling original telephone equipment from a home.

I hope you don't mind, but I have a YouTube video on one of mine here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzs0CLbYmJs

Ben

[19and41]

Good thing there were no critters living in it.  Here the wasps get into any enclosed space they can,