Antique Surveying Instruments, Restoration, Repair, Sales of Surveying Equipment, Optical Tooling and Optical Alignment Equipment

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                                   Purpose of this site

This web site is dedicated to the buying, selling, repair, service, restoration and preservation
of various new and antique surveying instruments, and optical tooling. Please E-mail me with
any comments on my web site or any special needs that you may have. I specialize in custom
making hard to find parts, and stock a large inventory of older surveying instrument parts by
several of the makers.

Last update; January 24th, 2012
 

Instruments and Equipment for Sale. 


Optical Tooling  Instruments and Accessories for Sale.          

Partial Instruments and Major Parts   More to come as time permits.
DIRECTORY                     
                                
CONTACT                                       
PLACE ORDER 
   
PHOTO GALLERY            
 
COMPANY PROFILE
 
Cool Links,  Be sure to look at these links. A lot of sources and answers can be found here.
Keuffel & Esser  history   More to come as I learn more.
History of George Nicholas Saegmuller  also history of the Fauth & Co. Washington, DC, and Bausch & Lomb.
Tripod Thread Sizes   More to come.
Alidade instructions  New David White
Adjusting line of sight Instructions
Berger_Manual_Of_Field_Adjustments.pdf  Berger user Instruction Manual PDF file

Keuffel_Esser_Care_And_Adjustments.pdf K&E user Instruction Manual PDF File
www.surveyantiques.com  Instrument makers catalog scans.
Packing your instrument for shipping.
Please read all before shipping to me.
                                            Robert Parrish
                                       271 Allman Hill Road
                                   Weaverville, NC 28787-8510
           Email to:  Robert Parrish    robert@antiquesurveying.com
                         Phone: 828-645-2864 - Email me, it is the best way.
              Before you phone please read below. 

        I am not answering the phone at this time.

                                         

              Business hours are: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM EST      
                   Monday through Thursday

Please do not leave a message, I do not return calls.
If I am able to answer the phone I will, I can't always do so.
Please do not phone me about identifying a instrument, requesting parts,
or repairs. It is nearly impossible to do so over the phone.  
Please Email me, it makes life much simpler.

I do not do appraisals.

Please do not inquire about instrument values.

I can not give a value of a instrument
unless I have it here to inspect.

If you want help dating or identifying a instrument E-mail me. DO NOT PHONE ME. Please include photos in Jpeg 640 X 480 size.; all markings i.e.: numbers, names, labels; also measurements in your first email. The more information the better. You may experience delays in my response to your questions about your instrument as I must take care of my customers needs first. Please do not email any attachments.
I do not open any attachments unless prior correspondence has been made. 
Insert any photos, or other information in the text of the email.

If you plan to list a instrument on Ebay or sell it elsewhere do not inquire about it.