Saw this on Ebay. Seemed odd that a Automatic Electric candlestick would have a w.e stamp on it.
Customer-owned AE 21 modified at Western Electric Service Center. Probably connected to a W.E 685A subset. Parts were company-owned and leased to the customer. B.S.R.S.= Bell System Repair Specs. (Still lookin' for any BSRS!)
And with a WECo dial and what appears to be a WECo 635 rather than AE transmitter, electrically it's more WECo than AE, as a result of the Bell System conversion. The date on the dial might be indicative. Transmitter less likely but possible if very late.
Is the dial a true 6A or a 6AA mostly plastic dial? A photo of the underside would tell.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/282513072544
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Since the conversion was done in 1972, it's probably a few years too early to have a 6AA dial.
The purpose of the conversion was to make it roughly equivalent to a Western Electric 500D set -- so as not to harm the network or the phone co. personnel (or so they claimed).
Quote from: poplar1 on June 13, 2017, 08:38:46 PM
Since the conversion was done in 1972, it's probably a few years too early to have a 6AA dial.
The purpose of the conversion was to make it roughly equivalent to a Western Electric 500D set -- so as not to harm the network or the phone co. personnel (or so they claimed).
1972: Right, quite a bit too early for that. Have not made it a point to make note of the dates on the ones I have but surely after 1972. I'd guess they emerged in the 80s.
Network harm and risk to personnel: Ah but of course!