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"Paper Caps :)"

"caps, not papers. I gotta watch spell check more carefully !!"

"David, Good Idea.. I'm thinking a index card under the chassis when installed.      I'll definetely check to see if the papers have been restuffed.  The reciever is still setting in the cabinet for…"

"I've never had any noise introduced by the jack on the amp, I also never use them. For originality, I would leave it in circuit, it hurts nothing. Kent"

"it is helpful for benefit of future owner to use a Sharpie or some other way to indicate on an inside surface the extent of restoration and a date. A folder of set history is too easily separated from the radio, so is insufficient. Restuffing the…"

"75!.. holy smokes.. Two wishes from the Antique radio gods....  1.  Whomever recapped the powersupply/amp also recapped the Reciever. 2.  They did a better job than they did on the on the PS/Amp (not likely) :) Steve"

"I've only electronically restored one Philharmonic, a very early pointer dial set. That was 25 years ago.  But, I still remember I replaced 75 paper and electrolytic capacitors.  It's quite labor intensive, but the end result is…"

"Once i got all the old main electrolytic caps out .. it would appear they have been taken apart, re-stuffed and then epoxied back together.    Seems C73 was replaced sometime on or after 2004 as it had a Nichicon cap in the circuit with…"

"Thank you David, I'm going to keep an eye out to see if i can find a set that match the amp in the Philharmonic picture..  If not these may just get polished up and go back on the chassis until i can find some.   Scott, THanks…"

"I am late to this party as usual.... The 4/4/39 dated schematic IS the one to use.  There is a scratch suppressor switch on both AM variations.  There are errors in all the schematics.   Here are the changes from the 7 knob set…"

"Yours look like replacements. What I have seen has the specs pressed into the metal, not printed in ink. The one with big hex mount may be close, but only if your BOL example is really late production. My late 1941 Scott Laureate has like…"

"Do you all think these are original?  There are 3 of the ones on the left and one of the one on the right.    Not going to be used but i would like to keep them on the amp if they are original, (they look later than 30s to me). …"

"thank you!!"

"I strongly recommend using the FM Philly schematic and ignore the FM components. They based the diagram on the 9-knob Deluxe Philly and it is the closest diagram available."

"Thanks Again Kent, I looked at all the schematics in the library here.  All of the AM only schematics show that switch.  Does a 9 Knob AM online schematic exist? Steve"