Key(s) needed ... The Grey Telephone Pay Station Company

[Rog]

can anyone tell just by looking at a photo of the lock(s) what # key(s) I need to order for this pay phone - if so, please advise. I'd like to be able to get the cover off so I can mount in properly. Thanks in advance...!

[Stan S]

The top is probably a 29S key. You will never find a key for the bottom.

[SUnset2]

It can be hard to tell, as this phone is made up of parts from various makers.  The lower housing (& back) are quite old, and made by Gray (probably for Automatic Electric)  The later coin return bucket and switchhook are Automatic Electric.  The dial (and maybe the upper housing) are Western Electric.  The subset also looks like Western Electric, as does the coin box door.  And the handset looks like Stromberg-Carlson.

If this phone was converted for home use, the locks may have been disabled, and it might be possible to open them with a small thin screwdriver.

Otherwise, as was said before, the coin box key is unique to each phone.  The upper housing key might be a 29S, if it is an Automatic Electric lock, or maybe a 10G key, if it is a Western Electric lock.

[Rog]

Hmmm, would this phone have been made like this at the company, or is this some aberration put together by some enthusiastic person ...

I'll check out those key #'s - thanks to both responders!

Oh ya, the "bell" is by Northern Electric...

It can be hard to tell, as this phone is made up of parts from various makers.  The lower housing (& back) are quite old, and made by Gray (probably for Automatic Electric)  The later coin return bucket and switchhook are Automatic Electric.  The dial (and maybe the upper housing) are Western Electric.  The subset also looks like Western Electric, as does the coin box door.  And the handset looks like Stromberg-Carlson.

If this phone was converted for home use, the locks may have been disabled, and it might be possible to open them with a small thin screwdriver.

Otherwise, as was said before, the coin box key is unique to each phone.  The upper housing key might be a 29S, if it is an Automatic Electric lock, or maybe a 10G key, if it is a Western Electric lock.

[rdelius]

Most AE 29s locks were brass.NE 21b mostly chrome and most WE 10g  (h)  were black or gray colored.I think that the dial number card was replaced. It in a suburb of NYC and the paystation looks like a rochester telephone 150gj55b rebuild. most likely a 29b if so.