Mechanical Twist Doorbell Brass

by Restorers

Product Description

This solid brass mechanical doorbell mounts on your door and gives you a nice old fashioned ring when your guests twist the handle. Consists of 2 pieces and will fit almost any door.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• ASIN: B0007XYEKM
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,256 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works just fine, May 5, 2008

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Dan Z "-dan z-" (Northeast Tennessee, home of the free) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mechanical Twist Doorbell Brass (Misc.)

In our area the fogs are so dense that any wireless electric doorbell I have tried has always stopped working within a couple of weeks. The front door is of hollow construction, so a mechanical knocker is not loud enough to be heard above a radio or TV. The rotating mechanical bell ringer was the solution, since the bell is located on the inside of the door. It was reasonably easy to install, although a paper template for locating the drill holes would have been a nice inclusion. The only problem now is that some people aren't old enough to recognize what the twist knob is for....

I would have rated it with five stars, except that I feel it was overpriced.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Doorbell, March 1, 2009

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T. Steedman (West Bend, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mechanical Twist Doorbell Brass (Misc.)

We received this as a wedding present, and it is solid. I mean it's quite heavy and sturdy feeling. The only problem is that our current front door is too frail looking to handle such a regal looking door ringer. I may have to build a thicker, more appropriate door. The look of the ringer brought me back to my time living in Britain, where they are much more common than here in the States. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea and ok design but broken in 1 year due to weak internal weld., June 1, 2010

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Andrew Thomson "Behind the Scenes Productions" (Somewhere) - See all my reviews
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I like the product's sound and the look is ok, but for the price I would expect it to last longer than one year.
For that year it sounded loud and great and got lots of props from impressed neophytes.
Then the crucial weld connecting the bell's internal hammer to the main cranking axle broke.

Since then I revived it about a dozen times using various glues and "liquid weld" type products.
I am now ordering the other cheaper unit listed on Amazon and hoping it has a stronger design.
I hope I am saving money on plain undecorative looks rather than even weaker design. Let's hope.

If you're plagued by too many 100 dollar bills in your wallet and you're looking to unload quickly due to some Brewster's millions type scenario, then there are a few better options to choose from, but if you have less money than Google's Brin, Apple's Jobs and Microsoft's Gates combined, you've only got two choices.

Mechanical doorbells rule, weak welds don't rule.