Mell-o-Chime Aristocrat
Mell-O-Chime Aristocrat Door Chime Model 311 This Mell-o-Chime doorbell is a an Art Deco sister chime to the Mell-o-Chime Stylist and Longfellow Apollo. These chimes share a large… Read More »Mell-o-Chime Aristocrat
Mell-O-Chime Aristocrat Door Chime Model 311 This Mell-o-Chime doorbell is a an Art Deco sister chime to the Mell-o-Chime Stylist and Longfellow Apollo. These chimes share a large… Read More »Mell-o-Chime Aristocrat
Mell-O-Chime Stylist Door Chime Model 511 This vintage Mell-o-Chime doorbell came to the museum unused in a branded “temporary carton”. The Model 511 Stylist, featured… Read More »Mell-o-Chime Stylist
Rittenhouse Twintone Model 200 The Rittenhouse Twintone Model 200 door chime was the mid-range model in early Rittenhouse catalogs. A similar model, the Model 100… Read More »Rittenhouse Twintone
Early Single Note Door Chime One of the earliest door chimes in the Museum, these examples play a single note on a tone bar. The… Read More »Early Single Note Doorbell
Rittenhouse Model 101 Single Note Doorbell. The “Pilgrim” The Rittenhouse Model 101 was one of two “Bar Chimes” in the Rittenhouse line in the late… Read More »Rittenhouse 101 Pilgrim
Nutone Skyline K-14 Door Chime incorporates resonators in cover Resonator chambers incorporated into the design of this door chime distinguish the NuTone K-14 Skyline. While… Read More »Nutone Skyline
Melo-chyme Door Call This vintage doorbell, The Melo-chyme was manufactured in Scotland. The chime is described as “An Ultra Modern sweet-toned door call.” This door… Read More »Melo-chyme Door Call
Mystery Musical Door Chime with Unique Mechanism. At first glance, this vintage doorbell is rather unremarkable. However, when you look at the mechanism, there is… Read More »Mystery Musical Door Chime
Rittenhouse Beverly Here is the original Rittenhouse Beverly musical door chime. This chime employs an electrical timing mechanism invented by Lloyd Rittenhouse in 1940. The… Read More »Rittenhouse Beverly
Nutone “Chimette” Table Dinner Chimes Dinner chimes were a forerunner and contemporary of door chimes, and are still in use today. They were commonly used… Read More »Nutone Dinner Chime