F R E N C H - S T Y L E DIAL TELEPHONE United States Telephone Co. ********************************************************************* Model »CONTESSA« US-5 SN = 6925 (1967) Case made in Japan ... Chassis made by WesternElectric ... This French-Style Telephone was the follower of MODEL US-4. The cover and the white parts of the hand-set are plastic, but all metal parts are brass. Dial numbers are enamel. The dial-center shows a baroque scene: A couple in the fields. The wings allow to carry the telephone around when the handset is placed. The LETTERS ON THE DIALER are for MEMORIZING TELEPHONE NUMBERS ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 = G H I 7 = P R S 0 = Operator 2 = A B C 5 = J K L 8 = T U V 3 = D E F 6 = M N O 9 = W X Y --------------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE: Dial A-T-L-A-N-T-I-S = 28526847 ==>>> »ATLANTIS« Hotel R E M A R K : ===================================================================== This vintage ROTARY TELEPHONE use "PULSE-DIALING". To make it work in your application, YOU MAY NEED A "PULSE-TO-TONE-CONVERTER"... Historical Remarks ... impressum: ********************************************************************* © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 08/12/11 |