Good morning everybody,

About a year ago, I went to a yard sale of a former New England Telephone/Verizon repairman and collector. There was this one item in which nobody seemed to know what its purpose was. The nameplate on the side says KS-16765 L2 Announcement set. From what I can determine, it appears to be a magnetic drum recorder/player for playing messages. There are a bunch of screw terminals on the left, but all the wires going out of the unit have been cut off. It does appear to power up and responds to flipping the "dictate" and "listen" switch. Would anybody know how this device is supposed to operate? I have a feeling this is more so central office equipment, but I'm posting here because it also seems very 1A1/1A2-esque.

I also managed to pick up two "Code-a-phone" drum intercept message announcers, and if anybody knows how to get these working, let me know.

Thank you

Will