Vintage Harrington Signal Company REEL TO REEL ALARM STATION
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16751780 | Brand: Harrington |
| Type: Fire Alarms |
VINTAGEHARRINGTON SIGNAL ALARM STATIONTHIS BABY COMES WITH BOTH REELS. THE MAIN REEL IS BEVELED PLASTIC AND A BRASS HOUSING. THE LARGE REEL STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL PUNCH PAPER STILL ROLLED AROUND THE REEL. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS STATION. UPON A VERY CLOSE INSPECTION ALL I COULD FIND IS (1) SINGLE SCRATCH. THE OTHER PART OF THIS ALARM SIGNAL STATION IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION. IT TOO HAS ITS ORIGINAL PUNCH PAPER STILL WRAPPED AROUND THE REEL. THIS IS... A COMPLETE VINTAGE HARRINGTON SIGNAL STATION. THESE SET UPS ARE GENERALLY USED INSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT ALARM WAS PULLED, THE STATION WILL PUNCH OUT WHAT FLOOR AND WHAT STAIRCASE THE ALARM WAS ACTIVATED FROM. MADE FROM PRIMARILY BRASS AND BEVELED PLASTIC. THESE AREN'T JUST A GREAT FUNCTIONAL ALARM STATION BUT A RETRO PIECE OF ART. THE STATION MUST DATE FROM AROUND THE 1940'S -1950'S. SELDOM ARE A SET OF THESE FOUND ON EBAY. I WATCHED AN EPISODE OF AMERICAN PICKERS WHERE ONE OF THE BOYS PICKED AND PURCHASED 1/2 OF THE SET AND IT WAS PAID FOR SOME WHERE AROUND $500.00 I HAVE BOTH PARTS OF THE STATION ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL WINDING KEY AS WELL. I WILL GIVE THIS SET A WEEK TO SELL, AFTER THAT IT GOES ON DISPLAY IN MY DEN OR AS SOME OF YOU COLLECTORS CALL IT MY MAN CAVE. I CAN CALL IT WHAT EVER I WISH SINCE I'M SINGLE AND HAVE NO ONE TO ASK ANYMORE. UNLIKE MOST OF MY FRIENDS AND I GUESS GUYS IN GENERAL I LIKED HAVING A PARTNER AND HAVING TO GO OVER THINGS TOGETHER. I BELIEVE IN KARMA SO MY OTHER HALF NEEDS TO MAKE AMENDS TO HER WANDERING WAYS.THIS IS THE LAST TIME THIS WILL BE LISTED, I PROMISE. I HAVE (3) OF THESE SETS AND THIS ONE WILL GO ON THE SHELF WITH THE OTHERS IF IT DOESNT SELL.
