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The Bell Tolls for Sears Door Chimes In the Fall of 1977 Sears introduced an 8-note Electric Resonator Chime supplied by Rittenhouse. This was followed… Read More »Sears Last Doorbells
The Bell Tolls for Sears Door Chimes In the Fall of 1977 Sears introduced an 8-note Electric Resonator Chime supplied by Rittenhouse. This was followed… Read More »Sears Last Doorbells
Sears’ Doorbells Ring-In Post War Prosperity Following the War, America was optimistic. Returning service men started families in record numbers. Suburbs with millions of new… Read More »Postwar
Rittenhouse Beverly 1950 Model 520 This 3nd Generation Beverly Chime was styled by Norman Bel Geddes in 1943 and introduced in 1949. It replaced a… Read More »Rittenhouse Beverly 3rd Generation
Matsushita-National Electric Company – Pipe Six Door Chime The Matsushita Electric Company Pipe Six Door Chime is one of the few examples of Japanese made… Read More »Matsushita-National Electric – Panasonic E Pipe Six
Edwards Claridge Model C-50, C-51 The Edwards Claridge was descibed in their 1956 Catalog: THE TASTEFULLY MODERN CLARIDGE Now you can have the luxury of… Read More »Edwards Claridge
V.&E. Friedland – General Electric Maestro Door Chime with Vibrato Resonance The Friedland-General Electric Maestro door chime plays an eight-note Westminster sequence with a “Vibrato… Read More »V. & E. Friedland Maestro
NuTone Model “C” Tubular Door Chime This door chime is among NuTone’s first long bell door chimes. The “C” series cover features stamped circles of… Read More »NuTone C Series
Pryanco Peacock 303 with Model 303 Mechanism This Pryanco Model 303 with a Peacock Cover dates to the earliest days of musical long-bell door chimes.… Read More »Pryanco Peacock Model 303
Rittenhouse Concord with Model 612 Mechanism The Rittenhouse Concord was a musical doorbell chime clock styled for a mid-century aesthetic. Marketed from approximately 1954 to… Read More »Rittenhouse Concord Model 612
Nutone Century Model L49 1959 This PO-2 chime is believed to be the first long-bell door chime from the A.E. Rittenhouse Company. This chime is… Read More »Nutone Century Model L49 1959