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Plain analog instrument that just works?

Can anyone point me to a plain, simple, one-line, analog telephone that just works (in the US of A)? None of the consumer electronics retailers near me carry any simple analog phones anymore; I have been through all three on the Radio Shack shelves with no success, and I can't find anything by googling.

I have taken to casting longing gazes at old Western Electric sets in antique stores, but one of my family members has a shoulder condition that makes it impossible to hold up the receiver of such a beast for any length of time.

Is there anyone out that that still makes a simple, rugged, yet not terribly heavy analog set?

Thanks.

sPh