29S and 29A Keys

By Steve Cichorsky, ; posted August 4, 2011; hits 4068


Then another eBay seller comes up with a cock-and-bull story regarding 29A key blanks being developed to improve on 29S blanks. While the 29A has the same keyway as a 29S, it was not developed for Automatic Electric 3-slot paystations, but instead for the newly developed Western Electric single-slot payphones. Here are combined photos of a 29S for AECo 29A locks, A 29A blank bitted [L31] for Pacific Telephone's Northern California payphones, and the 29A blank which has been bitted for AECo 29S locks:

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