Repairing 1950s dime store 110v electric bells

[hotrodjohn71]

I found these 'Bells of St. Nicholas ' electric Christmas decoration bells at an antique store and am hoping to get them working to be a occasionally usable novelty gift for my wife.
I have done some testing but still haven't got them to 'ring'.
There are 4 bells, each with a wire wound coil and a plunger inside attached to the bell.
I have tested for 110v AC across the whole setup and it seems ok.
I also sprayed a contact cleaner/lubricant on the plungers.
What would you suggest?
Thank you

 

[aliarifat794]

Check each coil for continuity with a multimeter. If a coil is open (infinite resistance), it is likely burned out and needs to be rewound or replaced.

 

[hotrodjohn71]

Thank you.
The magnet wire on these coils appears to be .005" so im assuming 36awg.
If im not 100% accurate in my count of the number of windings when I remove the old wire and install the new wire with a couple extra windings, will it make any difference in the function of the bells ringing?

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Thank you.
The magnet wire on these coils appears to be .005" so im assuming 36awg.
If im not 100% accurate in my count of the number of windings when I remove the old wire and install the new wire with a couple extra windings, will it make any difference in the function of the bells ringing?

No, there's a good margin for error - 10% or more error won't make any difference.

 

[hotrodjohn71]

Thank you.

 

[hotrodjohn71]

I found that 2 of the coils were bad so I wound them with 36 wire. It was 2600 loops per bell spool.

I plugged it in and the bell coils buzzed but not enough to cause the steel center pin to vibrate enough to ring the bells.

Each of the 4 coils has about the same resistance, (about 122 ohms).

What would you suggest?
Did AC power have 60 cycles back in the 1950s?