So I’ve got this friend, David Zemens in Michigan. A few weeks ago he told me about a buddy of his that runs a really cool business.
Then a few days ago the black beauty pictured above arrived on my front door. David had reworked the thing (with a little help on the wiring from Dennis at Vintage Rotary Phones) now I’ve got a beautiful vintage Western Electric telephone on my desk.
I feel like Dashiell Hammett sitting here now. I need a case to solve… I need a Los Angeles hotel room… I need a gin and tonic… I’m going to write a mystery…
Only one problem. As some of you know, I traded in my land line a couple of months ago for a cell phone.
But its all right David, this baby is going to be the first machine installed in my downtown 23rd floor office.
Bruce Investigations…
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Thanks for the kind words, Robert. You really have to hear that Western Electric phone ring to get the full effect of it!
Will your 23rd floor office be a corner office with floor-to-ceiling windows?
iT is a beautiful phone.
Vintage fans and desk lamps are lovely, too.
Robert, I know you’re going to love your vintage rotary phone. Dave put TLC into making it nice for you. Thanks for the mention of my site. I really love spreading the word about these old phones! Thanks for helping me do that!
Dennis
I used to have an office like that… All kinds of weird little offices in the building too, my favorite was the one marked “Super Time Travel.”
David - I can’t wait to hear it man, and yes, floor-to-ceiling. Name on the smoked glass door. Phone on the desk. Sap in the hip pocket.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Jeck - I knew you were a luddite at heart… knew it.
Dennis - You’re welcome man, I love your site and these old machines. Simple. Beautiful. Efficient. Deadly.
Good luck with it.
Candice - Did you pack your little HK?
It has seen that office, but not quite in such a glamorous fashion. Cleaned it there a few times — the building though, it closed about eight months after The Thing, and I no longer work for who I used to anyway.