[GreenKeys] model 14 and 2B questions

Wed Nov 2 05:17:31 EDT 2016

ok  some things... bear with me I have partial migraine  tonite...

did kph run RCA RADIOGRAMS  to Hawaii?
apparently yes and had  agreements  with WU

_Annual Report - Page 138 - Google Books Result_ 
(https://books.google.com/books?id=SCIZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=rca+radiogram+western+union&sourc
e=bl&ots=06Ek76Sn2N&sig=yBq1mn2NaXL-LWoqm003QH3dZbc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF
5IuG0InQAhUjw1QKHdQTAe0Q6AEIMTAG) 

https://books.google.com/books?id=SCIZAQAAIAAJ
_Western  Union Telegraph Company_ 
(https://www.google.com/search?biw=800&bih=588&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:"Western+Union+Telegraph+Company"&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi
F5IuG0InQAhUjw1QKHdQTAe0Q9AgIMjAG)  - 1909
An agreement was made with R. C. A. Communications, Inc., for the  handling 
over Western Union  landlines of trans- Atlantic radiograms, except to or 
from  New ...

ok  seems  yours is a WU 2b with Celluloid  keycaps

Just like the 2B that was my Deaf  friends Paul and  Sally Taylor used  
pictured below
as we have a display corner started on them  at   SMECC  they did not  
still have 
this unit so  that was one reason I was hunting a  2b.  
and I still am   or  the  case the   has the round hole and oval hole in 
the front... although i suspect the oval  hole  has a extra bell on off  lever 
as  by bell 12  tape  unit has.

Dick notice yours has the 2  holes as  this   also.
someone you have been talking to has  a WU 14 but case  needs to be 
switched  with the  14 and in any event to make  even  the right case look correct 
you will  have top cut a round hole and   the oval hole... or... just accept 
it and  say" yea it is a WU 14   that is SIMILAR  to the orig KPH one..
( neat you are  trying to set on up there    to display let us know what 
other help you will need... and please keep an eye  out  for a bohme  tape 
sender to  go with our whetstone  puncher  thing!)

even  though I have  some  WU 2Bs  I do  not have an EXACT match  for this  
Taylor configuration probably   with the bell lever and a factory cut  case 
 for the bell  lever...   you will see mine  below  3  of them all a  nice  
gift and the nice  lady even knew how to strap to a palate ...  by crap 
overland  freight   shipping was not  bad 

there were even a couple gumming desks  little thingies  too...
BUT THE SAD THING... before she discovered these in a  building they 
bough.... the  found a huge closet of  reels of  paper  tape...  which became  
fore   fuel for the  winter...  .. alas... all gone  then  she  found these  
teletypes in the attic.

for the thing  WU  tape John Nagle  has  some he had made in china without 
gum back  but  you can glue it   down to forms.  John also is  very 
knowledgeable on  working on  these things  and live in calif also. Eric who is here 
too  is  near  your  area  to  and could  help also. --- I have  added them 
on the  CC list here too.

I do not  travel much any  more  but would  like to see what  you are doing 
there in person some time!

drop me  your phone # and I can give you a shout  tomorrow.  hope this 
makes sense  headache bad  off to  bed....
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  

I also wanted a typing reperf with celiod keycaps as that  was my first tty

so see there are  2  tapes  units  with  celiod key tops... and one WU 
typing reperf  the spitting image and config  of  my first tty but  with the 
GREEN key tops... I assume we can  switch  some keyboard parts
and I will FINALLY have one like my first one...  had  it  for  years  but  
suspect it was stolen from the back  of  my Computer business warehouse in 
the early 90s if  one   shows up in phx  area with celliod key tops it my be 
my old one....  if  so would love to have it back. meanwhile  I will enjoy 
playing  with this one  once i get the key tops   changed

we are setting up a little     display   with the gumming desk and we have  
one of the  water holder   glad  tube  tool things that  would moisten the 
gummed   tape  too.

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