Unknown antique key

[Edward Sharpe]

Hi Jeff, can you send me a scanned photo of it?!
I can look thru some of our catalogs and archive and see if there is a
match.

Edward Sharpe Archivist SMECC

Jeffrey Herman wrote:

> Someone has given me a very old key with no identification. The most
> significant feature is an white ivory finger-piece (1.5 inches in
> diameter), which seems to be glued to a circular piece of wood.
> The base of the key must be poor-quality iron, for there are
> small cracks everywhere on base, and large cracks around the
> stress points (around the mounting screw holes); base is oval
> (shaped like the race track around a football field); the
> contacts do not line up - base contact is well forward of the
> upper contact - looks as if it was designed that way. Just as
> the contacts do not line up properly, so the spring is also
> sitting at an angle. (I know what you're thinking, but I
> believe this *is* the original armature - the upper and lower
> contacts are identical even though they're offset.)
>
> By the way, the base measures 2 13/16 inches wide by 4 9/16
> inches in length.
>
> Does any of the above ring a bell as to maker and age.
>
> Thanks in advance - hope everyone's weekend was fun!
>
> Jeff KH2PZ / KH6
>
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