Cable Actuated Door-Bell

We stumbled across a new (reproduction) door bell that is the same as that used 100 years ago. It is actuated by a cable, running through pulleys in the roof space. At the front door, there is a knob that says "pull", and if you do so it causes the bell to tinle as it wobbles on its spring-suspended mount. This was another crazy project really, as it too the best part of 2-days to install.

The only down-side with this bell is that I can't hear it in the garage. But of course I figured a way to fix that - I rigged up a micro-switch on the stainless steel actuating cable, so it cause an electric bell to ring in the garage. This aded another days work!

It was, despite the cost (A$220) and effort (3 days) the right thing to do, as we love it, and so do visitors.