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Hotel phone - as good as it gets.

Started by Greg G., February 19, 2010, 03:48:48 AM

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Greg G.

Or as good as it's going to get. 

Only thing left now is to get a backboard for it.  I didn't know they had one until I saw a nearly identical one on ebay.  They don't look hard to make if you have some woodworking skills, so I'm going to locate someone locally who could make one for me. 

The last two pictures are the ebay phone with the backboard.

http://tinyurl.com/yjqpun9
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Dan

That's a neat old set. I don't know the old models. When was this made? What's the model #? Are there bells inside or do you need a subset? Thanks
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Quote from: Dan on February 19, 2010, 10:02:51 AM
That's a neat old set. I don't know the old models. When was this made? What's the model #? Are there bells inside or do you need a subset? Thanks

The date stamp on the case says 330, meaning March 1930, but the dial is from 51.  Model is 553A.  I have another thread or two kicking around here somewhere from when I first got it and as I tinkered with it, here's one.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=2131.0
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Quote from: Dan on February 19, 2010, 10:02:51 AMThat's a neat old set. I don't know the old models.

There were four main steel wallphones that were in wide use until the 354 came along.  They were:

533 - sidetone, manual service
553 - sidetone, dial service
633 - antisidetone, manual service
653 - antisidetone, dial service
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