These are hand-crafted keys from LTA ("Telegraph Key Craftsmen") in the Balearic Islands of Spain. We believe these are very reasonable prices for keys that are individual works of art.

Model CRI (as above, natural brass finish) 

 
 

Model CRD combo (as above, natural brass finish CRI paddle and CRV key)
   

MAR (as above, natural brass finish)

21st Century KOB! 

The KOB, or "key on board," is a standard piece of telegraph equipment going back to the very earliest days of the electric telegraph. in the mid 19th Century.   Tens of thousands of them were made through the middle of the 20th Century, but with the decline in the use of sounders they pretty much vanished.  With the introduction of LTA's new "Telegrapho,"  KOBs have been made in three centuries!  Originally designed as a training "station" for telegraphy, KOBs have been used as portable telegraph stations and training sets by tens of thousands of Morse operators.  They were adapted to use "buzzers" rather than sounders in the 1920's as radiotelegraphy became prevalent, and in that form are still available in the familiar "code practice set."  But this is the first KOB made with a sounder for probably 50 years or more.  And it includes the only commercial sounder made in the 21st Century.

Apart from being a striking conversation piece, the gold plated Telegrapho is a fully functional telegraph station suitable for training, demonstration setups, and display.  It has three terminals, two for a battery or other DC power source,  plus a line connection for use with another  "station."

The coil is 28 Ohms, for convenient operation with a 9 to 12V battery or power supply.  Click here for a scan of the instruction sheet, which is almost as entertaining as the device itself!

This is the closest thing we have to a time machine-- hook it up, close your eyes, and transport yourself back to 1870 with the rhythmical clicking of the classic telegraph....  see also the separate Sounder and Marconi Key below!