Robert Allison wrote:
charlie wrote:

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
.. .

We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just
bought.
Can anybody identify what it is?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/




guts of a doorbell?


That has all the markings of an old phone company device, but I don't
know what it does. Could be an external ringer, or buzzer.

It just looks phone company. Is there a cover with a screw in the middle?

I'm with Robert. It just oozes Western Electric vibes.