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Western Electric Candlestick Telephone Restored Working

$ 285.11

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used
  • Featured Refinements: Candlestick Telephone
  • Brand: Western Electric

    Description

    #295
    Western Electric Candlestick
    with Wood Subset Ringer Box
    About this phone:
    Many hours of time went into restoring the telephone itself. It
    was completely disassembled. Each component both inside and
    outside of the phone right down to the smallest screw was hand
    cleaned and polished.
    The body was repainted with care to be like the original
    without being too shinny.
    The dial
    was disassembled, cleaned, lightly oiled, checked for
    calibration and works nicely.  The finger stop was polished
    to a shine.  The dial number plate has nice crisp numbers.
    The hook switch and dial contacts were cleaned with original Bell
    Telephone Seal Bond paper
    specially designed for the purpose.
    The felt bottom was replaced with new so it will not scratch
    your furniture.
    A new line cord was installed so that it will fit into today's
    modern land line jacks. Just plug it in.
    The Candlestick requires a separate ringer box in order to
    function.  This early style Wooden Ringer Box is harder to
    find and makes for a beautiful display.  It was completely
    disassembled and refinished.
    The subset and
    receiver cords are new brown
    cloth to match the original.
    For collectors, the perch is the earlier hard to find
    "Hershey Kiss" type that is more solid.
    The phone is fully functional.  It sounds like an old time phone.
    All antique rotary phones require a traditional landline
    for dialing
    out.  If you have another type of phone
    service, check with your
    provider as you may need
    a pulse to tone converter to dial out.
    They can be
    purchased on
    eBay
    and easily added to the end of
    the phone line jack.
    See my other telephones and magnetos.
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