Tracing history of E.H. Scott 33 Tube Philharmonic

by Erik johnson

Jan 11

Hi, awhile back I obtained an old radio but recently realized it might be a little special.  I just enjoy looking at it as it has not been restored.  I believe it's a 33 Tube Philharmonic.  The serial number is GG400.  It came with an old scott radio magazine and on the envelope, it stated that an employee from HP purchased from David Packard (founder of HP) directly.  Also, inside of the cabinet were two wooden blocks from Douglas aircraft with what I believe could be asset numbers.  I am thinking maybe it was purchased by the aircraft company and then David.  IDK.  Anyway, I would love to trace this to David Packard.  Any Ideas how?  I have read that all of the EH Scott purchase records are long gone.

Also, I believe this version had an option to purchase a remote.  I would love to track one of these down and purchase so my radio is more complete if anyone has one, they would sell. 

  Thank you!

Erik

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    Erik johnson

    Hi Norman- thank you so much for all of this information.  It’s really amazing. I was planning to clean all of the Crome and I would have following the wrong process.  The information you and everyone else has is incredible.  It would  be really neat have this radio restored but I don’t think it will be feasible. Thanks 

    Jan 13

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    Norman S Braithwaite

    Eric, that was David's recommendation.  Until I ran out, I used Simichrome polish chemically designed for the task of cleaning chrome but it is no longer available in California.  A similar product is Flitz polish.

    Norman

    Jan 13

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    Erik johnson

    Thank you’ 

    Norman S Braithwaite said:

    Eric, that was David's recommendation.  Until I ran out, I used Simichrome polish chemically designed for the task of cleaning chrome but it is no longer available in California.  A similar product is Flitz polish.

    Norman

    Jan 13