Grant's Telephone Classics
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Vintage Phones for Rent
    • Residential Phones >
      • Desk Phones
      • Wall Phones
    • Business Phones >
      • 2-3 Line Business Phones
      • 4-20 Line Business Phones
    • Switchboards
    • Specialty Phones >
      • Answering machines, dialers and card reading phones
      • Car Phones
      • Direct Line: Hotel, Motel & Taxi Phones
      • Mine Phones
      • Mobile/Cellular & Portable Phones
      • Novelty Phones
      • Outdoor Call Boxes
      • Prison/Police Phones
      • Radio Dispatch Phones
      • Railroad/Ship Phones
      • Telephone Test Equipment
    • Intercoms & Direct Line Phones >
      • Desk Intercoms
      • Wall Intercoms
    • Telephone Booths >
      • Indoor Phone Booths
      • Outdoor Phone Booths
      • British Phone Box
    • Pay Phones >
      • Dial and Non-dial Pay Phones
      • Touch Call & Card Reading Pay Phones
    • Pay Phone Signs
    • Foreign Phones
    • Gramophones
  • How to Rent
  • Contact Us

Grant's Telephone ​Classics​​​​


SWITCHBOARDS FOR RENT

For your convenience, our rental items are sorted by year of manufacture. SKU numbers are not sequential.
​

The early switchboards from the 1920s were "cord boards" that were  used in offices, hotels, and telephone companies.
Later switchboards had dials and touch call functionality.  

1920 - 1940


Picture
SKU: SB13. Tall free standing cord magneto board. Approx dimensions: 68" tall, 26" wide, 28" deep. Oak: quantity 1. Circa 1920.
Picture
SKU: SB22. Wall mounted cord board. Approx dimensions: 33" tall, 11" wide, 18" deep. Oak: quantity 1. Circa 1920.
Picture
SKU: SB11. Free standing cord board - Mahogany chair is also available for cord boards. Approx dimensions: 47" tall, 25 " wide, 27" deep. Oak: quantity 1. *Lights are operational. Circa 1930. *Chair ordered separately.
Picture
SKU: SB12. Free standing cord board with transmitter bracket. Approx dimensions: 46" tall, 25" wide, 30" deep. Oak: quantity 1. Circa 1930.
Picture
SKU SB35 -Switchboard operator wooden chair. 40.5" tall. Revolving seat - adjustable. Metal legs and foot rest. Circa 1920-30.
Picture
SKU: SB36, Switchboard operator wooden chair. 35" Tall. Revolving seat. Metal foot rest. Circa 1920-30.
Picture
SKU: SB09. Table top cordless switchboard. Oak: quantity 1. Circa 1930.
Picture
SKU: SB10. Test switchboard with small dial. Black & grey: quantity 1. Circa 1935.
Picture
SKU: SB27. Operator headsets. Black: quantity 4. Circa 1920.
Picture
SKU: SB07. Kellogg 6-line metal table top switchboard with bakelite answering phone. Black: quantity 1. Circa 1930.
Picture
SKU: SB24. Calculagraph long distance call timer. Black: quantity 1. Circa 1935.
Picture
SKU: SB38. AE 2-line wood table top switchboard with bakelite answering phone. Black: quantity 1. Circa 1930.

1920 - 1940


Picture
SKU: SB21. 14-line desk top switchboard. Silver: quantity 1. Circa 1940. Germany.
Picture
SKU: SB19. Bakelite 5-line switchboard. Black: quantity 1. Circa 1940. Germany.
Picture
SKU: SB19. Bakelite 5-line switchboard. Black: quantity 1. Circa 1940. Germany.
Picture
SKU: SB29. Operator headsets. Black: quantity 2. Circa 1940.
Picture
SKU: SB28. Operator head sets. Black: quantity 22. Circa 1940-60.
Picture
SKU: SB30. Metal 24-line wall switchboard. Black: quantity 1. Size: 14" x 7 " x 4". Circa 1940-50. England.
Picture
SKU: SB05. AE 10-line dial switchboard with or without canopy. Size 14" x 10" x 10 1/2". Grey: quantity 1. Circa 1955.
Picture
SKU: SB04 . AE 6-line dial switchboard with canopy. Size 14" x 10" x 10 1/2". Grey & black: quantity 1. Circa 1950.
Picture
SKU: SB04 . AE 6-line dial switchboard without canopy. Size 14" x 10" x 6 1/2 ". Grey & black: quantity 1. Circa1950.
Picture
SKU: SB04. AE 6-line dial switchboard without canopy. Size 14" x 10" x 6 1/2 ". Light brown & black: quantity 1. Circa 1950.

1960 - 1970 


Picture
SKU: SB31. Elvox Padova 20 line wall swithboard. Size: 10" x 14" x 5 1/2 ". Brown & black: quantity 1. Circa 1960. Italian.
Picture
SKU: SB32. Multiline desktop switchboard. Size 15" x 6" x 8". Blue: quantity 1. Circa 1960
Picture
SKU: SB03. Six-line dial switchboard. Size 16" x 12" x 8". Beige: quantity 1. Circa 1960.
Picture
SKU:SB03. 6-line dial switchboard. Size 16" x 12" x 8". Beige: quantity 1. Circa 1960.
Picture
SKU:SB06. AE 10-line switchboard with or without canopy. Size 14" x 10" x 10 1/2". Beige: quantity 2. Circa 1960.
Picture
SKU:SB34. Switchboard attendant console. Size: 19" x 16" x 6". Teak and grey metal: quantity 1. Circa 1960-70. Front view.
Picture
SKU:SB34. Switchboard attendant console. Size: 19" x 16" x 6". Teak and grey metal: quantity 1. Circa 1960-70. Side view.
Picture
SKU: SB33. AE large attendant console. Size 16" x 16" x 8". Beige: quantity 1. Circa 1960-70. Front view.
Picture
SKU: SB33. AE large attendant console. Size 16" x 16" x 8". Beige: quantity 1. Circa 1960-70. Side view.
Picture
SKU: SB08. AE 20-line secretarial answering unit with touch call answering phone.
Picture
SKU: SB08. AE 20-line secretarial answering unit with AE dial answering phone. Beige: quantity 1. Circa 1970.
Picture
SKU: SB08. AE 20-line secretarial answering unit with speaker answering phone.
Picture
SKU: SB01. Switchboard with both dial & touch call service. Size: 24" x 15" x 8". Brown & ivory: quantity 1. Circa 1970.

1980 - 1990


Picture
SKU: SB15. NT 50-line switchboard. Ivory & black: quantity 1. Circa 1980.
Picture
SKU: SB02. Touch call switchboard. Size 20" x 12" x 6". Wood grain & ivory: quantity 1. Circa 1980.
Picture
SKU: SB17. GTE Centranet 56-line switchboard. Ivory: quantity 1. Circa 1995.
Picture
SKU: SB16. Meridian 47-line switchboard. Ivory: quantity 2. Circa 1995.
Picture
SKU: SB20. SX 50-line switchboard. White: quantity 2. Circa 1995.
Picture
SKU: BPTCKS37. Lucent 302C touch call switchboard with & attendant console. Quantity: 1. Circa 1995.
Back to top of page

Grant's Telephone Classics   

19364 116B Ave,  Pitt Meadows British Columbia, Canada V3Y 1E1   **A short drive from Vancouver BC. 
​* 25+ years of quality service.
info@grantstelephoneclassics.com

 
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Vintage Phones for Rent
    • Residential Phones >
      • Desk Phones
      • Wall Phones
    • Business Phones >
      • 2-3 Line Business Phones
      • 4-20 Line Business Phones
    • Switchboards
    • Specialty Phones >
      • Answering machines, dialers and card reading phones
      • Car Phones
      • Direct Line: Hotel, Motel & Taxi Phones
      • Mine Phones
      • Mobile/Cellular & Portable Phones
      • Novelty Phones
      • Outdoor Call Boxes
      • Prison/Police Phones
      • Radio Dispatch Phones
      • Railroad/Ship Phones
      • Telephone Test Equipment
    • Intercoms & Direct Line Phones >
      • Desk Intercoms
      • Wall Intercoms
    • Telephone Booths >
      • Indoor Phone Booths
      • Outdoor Phone Booths
      • British Phone Box
    • Pay Phones >
      • Dial and Non-dial Pay Phones
      • Touch Call & Card Reading Pay Phones
    • Pay Phone Signs
    • Foreign Phones
    • Gramophones
  • How to Rent
  • Contact Us