Talk:Automatic Electric Company

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I am wondering if some first-hand sources or evidence can be cited for this statement: "In the days before touch tone dialing, the company's rotary dial phones had a distinctive buzzing sound as the dial returned to the stop position. Consumers who were used to the more common (and quieter) Western Electric phones found in the major cities were often annoyed by the noise it made." I happen to own an Automatic Electric rotary dial telephone, and I can cite from personal experience that although it does buzz upon return to the stop position, I don't think it is any noisier than the dial of a Western Electric. The Automatic Electric dial is also totally silent when turning the dial clockwise to a digit, unlike the Western Electric dials.