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Antique lg tillotson morse code telegraph key sounder
ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY L.G. TILLOTSON 5&7 DEY STREET NEW YORK MORSE CODE TELEGRAPH SOUNDER KEY
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF THESE I HAVE OWNED. I DIDNT REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM UNTIL I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS ONE. BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES OUT THERE. THE ADDRESS ON THE SIGNATURE ON THE ARM DATES THE COMPANY TO SOMETIME AROUND THE 1860s OR 1870s. FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH TILLOTSON HE WAS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DIRECTORS OF THE RAILROAD TELEGRAPH AND AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN ITS GROWTH. YOU CAN SEE HIS BIO IF YOU GOOGLE HIM-HE IS IN MOST BOOKS AND SITES REGARDING TELEGRAPH HISTORY. THIS IS REALLY A GREAT ANTIQUE ORIGINAL. DONE IN BRASS ON A WOOD BASE THE PIECES ALL SEEM TO WORK WELL. ALL THE DIALS TURN AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. THIS PIECE HAS ITS ORIGINAL SPRING CONNECTED ALONG THE LOWER EDGE. THE ELECTROMAGNETS SEEM TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS WELL WITH ONLY ONE OF THEM HAVING THE CLOTH COMING LOOSE. THERE IS EVEN THE ORIGINAL WIRES THAT CONNECT UNDERNEATH. THEY ARE GIVEN ROOM BECAUSE THIS PIECE EVEN HAS THE ORIGINAL BRASS FEET. THERE IS SOME RUST TO SOME OF THE PARTS AND A COUPLE OF THE SCREWS. ONE OF THE EDGES OF THE WOOD PLATFORM HAS CRACKED MANY YEARS AGO. OVERALL, THE CONDITION IS REALLY GREAT AS IT IS. JUST SOME MINOR CLEANING AND OR RESTORATION AND I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE. DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THIS ONE. PIECE MEASURES 5 X 3 X 3 INCHES.
CHECK THE PICTURES ON THIS GREAT PIECE. DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
