An interesting package arrived in the mail today. It was addressed to me....but it had no return address on it, and even more mysterious was the fact there was not even a note inside the package. It arrived as a surprise and completely anonymous.
So, what was in the package you ask? Well, that's where it gets interesting. It was a 1878 Jerome Redding & Company CW set. The set comprises of a full-sized camel back brass key on a jappened base and a sounder. It's stamped with the Jerome Redding & Co mark, and a resistance rating of 4 ohms. So it was designed for use with a single 1.5 volt cell.
The original cost was $4.20 in US dollars, or about $148 today in 2023.
Here is the drawing of it in the 1880 company catalogue:
And.....here are pictures of the actual machine on my desk today:
As I stated above, I have no idea who sent this to me, but Thank You Very Much!!!! This will be the centrepiece of my key collection.
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