General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

Base

Patents

N/A

General Description

Plastic casing and buttons; metal connectors and internal parts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.2 cm

Width

17.7 cm

Height

6.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Northern Telecom

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Mississauga

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Founded in 1895 to Mfr. Telephone & Other Eq. for Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Northern Electric & Manufacturing Company Limited became Northern Electric Limited in 1914, Northern Telecom Limited in 1976, Nortel in 1995, Nortel Networks in 1998. On January 14th, 2009, Nortel filed for protection from creditors in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom, and, in so doing, became the first major technology company to seek bankruptcy protection during the financial crisis of 2007-2008.

Function

Used to send and receive telephone signals for voice communication.

Technical

Although push-button touch-tone phones made their debut to the general public in 1963, the rotary dial telephone remained common into the 1970s. Adoption of the push-button phone was steady, as it gained popularity within the workplace first, and then within homesl by the 1990s it was the overwhelming majority. This phone incorporates a screen which allowed the user to see the number of the caller if they (the user) had subscribed to Caller ID. The features on the Maestro 3000 could also be customized in order to personalize the phone. These features include: language, time and date, ring tone and ringer volume, feature light on or off, area code display, function of caller list, and a programmable timer key.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Proper front, label on headset cradle: "Maestro 3000/ PO737916-01"/ On plastic above label: "nt/ northern/ telecom"/ Below bottons above keypad: "Callers ReCall Dial/ Link ReDial Hold"/ White label for buttons on proper left: "Save/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10"/ On back: "nt/ northern/ telecom/ Rd/Enr-1992"/ Mfr label: "UL/ 18MO/ Listed/ REN: 0.9B,/ USOC: RJ11W/C/ MADE IN CANADA/ PO738578-01"/ FCC compliance statement/ "FCC Reg. No.: AB5CAN- 65523-MT-E/ Use only with UL-Listed, Class 2 power/ source with input rated 120 Vac, 60 Hz,/ 10W; output rated 16 Vac, 250 mA/ M3000 CHARCOAL/ NT2N23AA311 02/ A0398114 94 04/ nt/ northern/ telecom"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Dark grey body with white labels

Decoration

N/A