NuTone L36 Elite “Built-In” Clock-Chime The L36 Elite was introduced in 1958 as NuTone’s first recessed clock-chime. The anodized aluminum clock face featured a series of 48 holes with four between each red and/or black five minute divisions. These holes … Continue reading
NuTone L60 Starburst Clock Chime NuTone was a leader in clock-chimes in the 1950s. Perhaps more than any other, the NuTone L60 epitomized a mid-century aesthetic with a brass starburst clock face on top of an acoustically transparent stereo style grill … Continue reading
Progress Mid-Century Recessed Clock-Chime The Progress E-14 recessed clock-chime represents a transitional period in door chimes. The mid-century-modern aesthetic relied heavily on built-in appliances and the more mundane home necessities were often hidden. In this example, an atomic style … Continue reading
Rittenhouse Kitchen Beauty Clock Chime The Kitchen Beauty Clock-Chime from Rittenhouse was a partnership with the Sessions Clock Company. The clock face is co-branded. The clock was most likely designed by Sessions and Rittenhouse later adapted a resonator chime … Continue reading
NuTone L39 Musical Door Chime The NuTone L39 Madison is a four or eight note musical chime that plays the Westminster sequence on three tone bars. This Madison is styled like a fanciful traditional wardrobe with ornamental bails on decorative … Continue reading
A Wind-up Westminster Door Chime This is a wind-up door chime that plays a Westminster Melody on a music box mechanism when the doorbell button is pushed. The music box mechanism was manufactured by Gueissaz-Jaccaro in Switzerland. The Hop-A-Tune Westminster … Continue reading
A Wind-up Westminster Door Chime This is a wind-up door chime that plays a Westminster Melody on a music box mechanism when the doorbell button is pushed. The music box mechanism was manufactured by Gueissaz-Jaccaro in Switzerland. The Hop-A-Tune Westminster … Continue reading
TeleChime Single Note 100A “Call Boy” Long Bell Door Chime The General Kontrolar Company offered a full line of door chimes under the TeleChime Brand in the late 1930s and early 1940s This is a Call-Boy Class 100B single note … Continue reading
Rittenhouse Mid-Century Clock Doorbell This space age offering from Rittenhouse packs is a door chime and clock with a most appropriate name. A space-age design with the lines of a flying saucer or satelite. Described in a 1960 hardware catalog … Continue reading
A Wind-up Westminster Door Chime This is a wind-up door chime that plays a Westminster Melody on a music box mechanism when the doorbell button is pushed. The music box mechanism was manufactured by Gueissaz-Jaccaro in Switzerland. The Hop-A-Tune Westminster … Continue reading