phantom tuner, all tubes work

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Comment by David C. Poland on March 1, 2016 at 2:40pm

Mark, too bad about the cabinet.

There are more pre war Scott radios than cabinets, today.  Therefore, even a rough cabinet may have value. So I favor saving the cabinet and offering to someone interested in restoring it

My Philharmonic cabinet (large TASMAN) was rough, with water mark indicating one foot of water and the base unglued and in pieces when I obtained it. My Philly was originally a custom built in and I lacked a proper Scott cabinet for decades. For me, the restoration was a big project and very successful.

Comment by Mark Fluitt on March 1, 2016 at 8:33am

Hi David,

Thanks for your comments on the blog.  I purchased the items with the cabinet, but the cabinet was delaminating, and i think not work trying to restore.  After speaking to one of the members of the club, i decided to let this radio go for sale and he purchased all the components for a fair price.  It was very nice to learn some about the radios and has added to my life's knowledge. 

Comment by David C. Poland on February 29, 2016 at 2:03pm

You appear to have the first version 19 tube Phantom. Pretty good cosmetics. Correct knobs, speaker and amp. the original 78 player is a nice find. The front brackets indicates it was originally in a phono combination cabinet mounted face up under the cabinet lid.  Evidently you do not have the cabinet.

It is a good radio once restored. I caution powering up an old radio until it has been serviced. Looks like the filter caps on the amp have been replaced but should probable be replaced again with modern components.  Other 40 or so caps (capacitors) inside likely need replaced as well. Be very wary if some inside were replaced in the past with the Sprague black caps or the "bumble bee'" caps.

The radio needs an antenna to pick up radio stations - a 10 foot or so wire is sufficient for local stations. The top right hand control is the band switch, far left #1 position is Broadcast AM radio stations and the full right  "P" position is for the phono input.

For information about the Phantom including the owners manual, go to the Scott archives section of this web site,  select set folders, and select  Phantom where you can obtain the owners manual and technical information and print it. You have the Phantom, not the Phantom Deluxe.