TELEGRAPH KEY

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 I was shocked when I came across this 1943 Braniff Airways key in the original Vibroplex carry case.   I noticed the key had never been used.  And when I tried to fine tune it, I wasnt able to get a good keying line out of the key.  To my surprise, Vibroplex factory had installed the insulating material up side down under the  metal straps on the key bottom.   A few  minutes later I had it producing code for the first time.   So it had sat on a shelf somewhere.  Probably waiting to be repaired for many years.   Since it was manufactuered in the year I was born,  I've kept it on display in the shack but never used it on the air.   A very rare thing to find such an old key and it had never been used.  Although I did come across a brand new,  never used Les Logan Deluxe chrome key at a church rummage sale that was also new in the box, never used.  I'll post a picture of that gem later :-)   EF Johnson bought out Les Logan and his line of Speed X keys and after that they were made under the Johnson/Speed X name.  

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