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It has to be worth a small fortune, so rare!!!
Sefton said:Brinybay, the Japanese characters are basically instructions on how to place a call; rotate and release. As for the phones value I have seen similar phones for sale in antique shops in Japan for reasonable prices. Of course such a phone is rare here and might be worth more to a collector. Good find.
Hatsquad said:
This is a Stromberg Carlson like mine, refurbished by: Old Phone Works in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. They replace parts as needed and also sell complete restorations. (I am not associated with them in any way, just a customer.)
If it's ok, here's their website: www.oldphoneworks.com.
Regards, Gerry
Sefton said:Brinybay, the Japanese characters are basically instructions on how to place a call; rotate and release. As for the phones value I have seen similar phones for sale in antique shops in Japan for reasonable prices. Of course such a phone is rare here and might be worth more to a collector. Good find.
Sorry, there's nothing about a manufacture date. It's literally just a guide listing which color wire / lead goes to which terminal, safety warnings, etc.Brinybay said:Can you decipher what the paragraph at the bottom of the schematics say? I'm trying to find a mfg. date, there's nothing on the inside of the phone that resembles a date.
Schematics closeup.
Sefton said:Sorry, there's nothing about a manufacture date. It's literally just a guide listing which color wire / lead goes to which terminal, safety warnings, etc.
How's it working for you? Does the bell have a nice tone?
Sefton said:How's it working for you? Does the bell have a nice tone?
AtomicEraTom said:I am big into phones, particularly the WE 500, but like anything with a rotary dial practically. Including my trimline and Starlite that I have recently acquired. I also like the 500 look-alikes by Stromberg Carlson, ITT, etc. My daily driver (the brown one) is a 1972 SC, but these phones date from 1958, 1966(2(same month produced as well)) 1959, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, and those are just the ones I've checked. Brinybay, you'll be seeing these on the RPF as well.
Thanks everybody and God bless!
Lucky Strike said:Here are a few old ones: