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Is this legitimate?

Started by LarryInMichigan, February 02, 2010, 08:31:21 PM

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LarryInMichigan


bingster

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The receiver is the same shape as a British receiver, but I've never seen a British receiver that poorly made.  I know they were reproduced at one time, just like ours were in the 1970s, but I just don't know enough about them to say what this one is.  It does look rather cheaply constructed, though--the perch uprights are roughly cast, and that bolt looks awfully "hardware store-ish." 
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Steve

 Even if it is real, IMHO, it's so poorly made you would not want it.
If you're a long way from home,
Can't sleep at night.
Grab your telephone,
Something just ain't right.

Phonesrfun

Looks to me to be made of bits and pieces of various manufacturers.
-Bill G

dsk

Quote from: Phonesrfun on February 02, 2010, 11:40:00 PM
Looks to me to be made of bits and pieces of various manufacturers.

I guess you are right, I have one simular, and it may hve been made by parts by  somone living in ?????.  not worth anything, just for fun.

dsk

teka-bb

These are/were made in India are are reproductions. Some use "authentic" parts like dials. Dials that were originally not on candle stick telephones.

See also:
http://www.britishtelephones.com/identify/candle1.htm

source:
http://www.britishtelephones.com/reproind.htm
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Regards,

Remco, JKL Museum of Telephony Curator

JKL Museum of Telephony: http://jklmuseum.com/
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TCI Library: http://www.telephonecollectors.info/
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LarryInMichigan

Thank you, everyone.  I was suspicious, especially since the lines on the receiver remind me of cheap brasswork from India.  I wonder if the seller really thinks that the phone is "genuine".


Dan/Panther

The back of the dial looks very out of place.
D/P

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