[GreenKeys] Telegraph...

[Scott Clark]

> 
> Its  possible its an Instructograph, do a Google search for pictures of it. 
>   There were other practice machines that used tape, a search for "code  
> practice machines" will find photos of others.  The Army used a machine  
> called a TG-34 but that used inked tape rather than punched tape.   
> Its also possible you have a keyer head  for automatic tape transmission.  
> There were a number of different  kinds made.  Does yours have a label of 
> any sort on  it?
> The "receivers" are called  sounders.   Sounders were used for wire 
> circuits.  There were  even tiny sounders built into what look like headphones.  
> 

Instructograph!  I'm 99% sure that's what it is...I did a google search, and found some pictures.  His is the electric model.  I haven't seen it in probably 20 years, but I remember very distinctly what it looked like.  I remember the big knob.  I can also remember pretty clearly the musty smell when you opened it lol.  Next time we go visit I'll see if he has it somewhere accessible and take a picture of it.

I also remember he had a big telegraph key...great big chrome thing with a red knob.  Came in it's own storage/carry case that opened on the end.  I think it had some sort of green fabric lining.  I remember it having an oval metal tag on it with a dragonfly or something like that on it.  I seem to remember it being more complicated than his other one.  Going on some very old memories here...  

The sounders he has are pretty old I think...1930s maybe?  He's got one on a shelf in his office at home. 
 		 	   		  
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