05-09-2026, 07:22 AM
gprutchick Wrote: My problem is the dial cord (which looks like a fine brass cable) ...
It is almost certainly bronze, not brass. The 1948 General Cement (now GC Electronics) Catalog No. 150 listed three types of bronze dial cord, all consisting of an outer layer of phosphor bronze cable over an inner fiberglass core. The nos. 70 and 71 cables were .040 inches in diameter. No. 70 had a braided bronze outer layer, and no. 71 a 42-strand twisted bronze outer layer. No. 76 was .025 inches in diameter with a braided bronze outer layer.
Dale H. Cook, GR/HP/Tek Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
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