My First Scott...

[ken brown]

Hello to All.  Just purchased my first Scott radio a little over a week ago.  It is a Custom Built Philharmonic pointer dial in a Warrington cabinet.  Overall the set is complete and in fair condition.

Chrome is pitted on the tube and coil covers but still shiny after polishing.  Chassis seems to

be unmolested with only a couple of replacement caps in the amp/power supply.  The dial

glass is broken and the set is missing one of the "plain" variety original knobs.  The grille

cloth is salvageable with only a couple of tatters.  The cabinet is solid and hopefully won't need

a full restoration.  One high point is that the radio does have the tweeters installed and I even

have the original wood "blanks" from the grille. 

I'm still in the cleaning, documenting and investigation stage of the restoration and it looks like

I'm going to need something better than the usual online resources.  What is the best source

for finding a good schematic for this radio?  I found what was offered on Nostalgia Air but the

schematic is unreadable in many places.  Is there a component list available so that I can come

up with a list of capacitors to purchase?  Alan Jesperson has already said that he can help with

the missing knob.  What is the best source for replacing the broken dial glass and how expensive

could that get? 

The woofer speaker has a tear and small hole but both can probably be repaired.  I may later

opt to send it out for reconing after I finish the electrical restoration.  Still trying to decide if

I will "stuff" the original caps.  I have done this before on a 19 tube Admiral and it is quite a job.

Either way, there is a lot to do and it's a bit overwhelming. 

Any advice for a new Scott owner will be appreciated.  I could use all the help I can get. 

ken

[David C. Poland]

Scott,
Kent loaded many but not all the Scott News issues. Scott put out only about 5 to 9 issue more or less most years. Scott was a bit inconsistent in his volume and number assigned within each year - had some transpositions and duplications so Scott's volume and number don't run true. Scott News was a marketing piece, not a technical piece - that is, no circuit diagrams.
So, Kent used a different scheme for Scott News issues he uploaded on the Scott site. SN-4-37 reading RIGHT to LEFT means 1937 April. The simple sort causes the issues to be sorted by month first, then by year, so issues are grouped first by month. So I for January issues appears first, then 10 for October is grouped next 2 the February issues. and so on.
So browse looking looking for the year then the month. For the Philharmonic, SN -4-37 is the issue announcing the Philharmonic, and the May issue SN-5-37 has similar Philharmonic information. SN-3-39 is March 1939 and has a page that includes the photo inside of the revised AM receiver with 9 knob controls.

[David C. Poland]

Check out the current thread on the Philharmonic. There is very recent developments as Norman and other's discuss nuances of the evolving Philharmonic. The early 1937 receiver diagram is in the Second expanded eddition of Dean of DX by Marvin Hobbs. The Riders diagram is the revised 1939 version.

[David C. Poland]

Failed to get the Scott News reply into your thread. Scott site, achieve section. Open the folder for Scott News.
The item SN-4-37 stands for April 1937. The images are sorted first by month, then year. Be about half way down.