[GreenKeys] Re: Old Model 19 Teletype Machine

[Don Robert House]

The problem with a value is that the unit is so large and heavy.   
Moving it in modules is not too bad, but crating it and paying  
freight would be very expensive.  Amateur radio people have saved  
many of these machines, and so they are not as rare as some folks  
would think.  I would estimate the machines value at about $75.00 if  
it is all there.

Whoever takes it should promise to pass it along to another  
interested party if they loose interest in it... and not let it go to  
the land fill or scrapper!

Don


On 25 Nov 2005, at 3:07 PM, Richard Mogford wrote:

Don

Thanks.  That is my plan... to find it a good home.

Does it have any value?  That is, should we try to sell it?  I have  
had three inquiries so far from hams.  It would be nice to get a  
little money for it for the elderly lady who owns it.

R


> Richard,
>
> Please do not let the machine go to scrap!   Model 19s were built  
> from 1939 to 1953. The Bell System and the U.S. Government were the  
> main customers, with some also going to Western Union.
>
> The machine is very heavy.  It should be moved in modules by  
> someone who knows what they are doing.
>
> The Classic Computer Museum in San Francisco area might be  
> interested.  Also the Communications Museum in Seattle, Washington  
> might be interested.  OR... The Communications Museum in  
> Albuquerque, New Mexico.
>
>
> Don
> Don R. House, K9TTY
>