Key Details & History
Function: This circular, heavy brass or nickel-plated part was the microphone (transmitter) capsule used inside early 20th-century telephone systems.
Era: It was typically manufactured and utilized between the early 1900s and 1930s.
Common Use: It is most frequently found integrated into linesman's test sets (field handsets used by technicians to test telephone lines) and early industrial or pay phone hardware. It is often paired alongside a corresponding 131W-style earpiece component
selling off a lifetime collection of vintage telephones & vintage electronics.
Vintage Western Electric 244w Telephone Mouthpiece Transmitter Antique 1900 Transmitter
vintage Western Electric Type 244-W telephone mouthpiece / transmitter component.
Key Details & History
Function: This circular, heavy brass or nickel-plated part was the microphone (transmitter) capsule used inside early 20th-century telephone systems.
Era: It was typically manufactured and utilized between the early 1900s and 1930s.
Common Use: It is most frequently found integrated into linesman's test sets (field handsets used by technicians to test telephone lines) and early industrial or pay phone hardware. It is often paired alongside a corresponding 131W-style earpiece component
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