"The tuning eye mod is highly appealing! Where can we get a schematic, and other details, please? Thanks."
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Restoring prewar FM tuner
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brad Winder Sep 15. 12 Replies 0 Likes
Hello- A couple of weeks ago at the annual Seattle antique radio swap meet I purchased a prewar FM Scott tuner. It has been determined that this is the same one that was sold at the Estes auction in…Continue
Low voltage in Philharmonic power supply
Started this discussion. Last reply by David C. Poland Mar 11, 2021. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Hello-I am in the midst of restoring a pointer dial Philharmonic that I bought this past summer from a forum member. It is in great condition and had had very little previous work done to it, so…Continue
AW12 DELUXE IN UNUSUAL TABLE TOP CABINET FOR SALE
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dave Jun 17, 2020. 3 Replies 0 Likes
These are pictures of a Scott AW12 Deluxe receiver that is believed to be the AVC version, owing to the presence of a Wunderlich tube in the third socket on the left side of the chassis. The origin…Continue
Tauscher board restoration
Started this discussion. Last reply by Norman S Braithwaite Sep 17, 2019. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello- I recently obtained a 12" Tauscher board for my AW23 to replace the one that was listed as "discarded" in October 1948 on the paperwork that came with the radio. Having never seen one before…Continue
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"We have a local company here called Photometals, and I've had them recreate a couple chassis tags for me. Very hard to tell the original from the recreation, unless you have them side by side. "
"Clip your ohmmeter onto the audio out leads and then turn the volume control. You will see the resistance between the audio out hot lead and the shield vary as the volume control is turned. Volume control is acting as a variable voltage…"
"I thoroughly examined the full length of the audio cable and found that all the damage was limited to the very last foot. So I went ahead and shortened the cable by one foot to remove all the damaged areas, and re-soldered the original…"
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After a long delay, I'm finally looking at this tuner again. When I tried it before I got absolutely NO output at all. Taking a closer look at everything I realized that perhaps some damage to the shielded audio-signal out…"
"Wow, I wish I had seen that! I get very little time to look around since I'm always a volunteer. Nice find. "
"Gary Marvin, a well known Seattle collector/restorer, bought the set online. He had it shipped, along with some other radios, to Seattle. I did let him know how rare it was, when he posted the set on a Facebook antique radio group. …"
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Thank you all for the information about plates and the 10pF cap solution. I have a new question about caps. Yesterday I received the new 30uF electrolytic filter caps I had ordered. Although I have been restuffing the wax…"
"I got in front of me the schematic of the Model FM Tuner. Looking at the mixer (6sa7) the 10 mmfd is in parallel to the oscillator col and 25 mmfd trimmer. If you look to the left of the 10 mmfd capacitor you will see a 50 ohm resistor…"
"Robert- can you elaborate on your modification to reduce drift."
"Yes indeed - my 1941 Scott Laureate with AM, FM & SW bands, the FM drifts for upwards of 30 minutes. This model was designed to include the pre-war FM band, and only one SW band. It has the 15 inch coax speaker version of the optional hi-fi…"
"If this tuner is like the FM tuner section of the philharmonic and phantom receivers it will have a drift problem. The cure is to place the 10pf capacitor connected to the oscillator coil with a 10pf N750 capacitor."
"Hi Troy,
What's needed is either a decent photograph or a scan of an original, then the rest is fairly easy to do,
photo etch on brass Is probably the way to go, then plated with nickel and the background blackened.
Mike"
Restoring prewar FM tuner
Hello- A couple of weeks ago at the annual Seattle antique radio swap meet I purchased a prewar FM Scott tuner. It has been determined that this is the same one that was sold at the Estes auction in January 2023. How it got from Ohio to Seattle and ended up on a table at a local swap meet here is anyone's guess. But it was very fortunate for me that it did.This set is all original and has never been restored. All but one of the tubes are the original Sylvania green-leaf type installed at…See More
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I am not an expert on the Phantom, but I did have to make a speaker plug and socket for a Philharmonic recently. That is a 7 pin plug with pins #1 and #4 being the larger diameter ones. Ordinary tube sockets and bases have pins #1…"
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- At 12:02pm on March 13, 2018,
John De Wit said…
Hi Troy
Are you able to provide any leads to help me locate the 15" Philharmonic speaker?
Thanks
John
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