Hi all,

I just got a Western Electric 2554BMP: wall mounted, chrome cradle, manufacture year: 1976

It rings and answers calls perfectly. It gets a dial tone, but it has problems dialing.

All of the keys produce a tone, but only "*", "0" and "#" will "register".

Here is what happen.

- pick up the receiver, get a dial tone
- press "1" or any key up to "9": a key tone is produced, however dial tone continues (that is not normal, right?)
- press "0" or "*" or "#": key tone is produced, and dial tone stops as expected.

It would seem that only 9 of the 12 keys are actually "heard", although they all produce a tone.

This is my first exposure to old telephone technology, so I don't really know where to start.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike