ART-DECO ROTARY DIAL TELEPHONE » M O N O P H O N E « (1920) ******************************************************************** AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC COMPANY, CHICAGO / USA This beautiful brass/bakalite telephone has no build-in ringer. The ringer was a seperate device in old times. To use the telephone as "back-up" (eg. when power is off), a RINGER/WARBLER... is added. 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 03/05/08 |