New red dial Philharmonic find

[Alex R. Whitaker]

All,

I thought you might enjoy seeing this.  I drove 970 miles each way to get this, down in Lake Charles, Louisiana.  It is 100% complete, down to the "missing" piece of veneer on the front, and the pieces to hold the grill bar in.  Note the "interesting" modification to the power supply.  It looks like a Philco TV transformer was used, with a 5U4 GB rectifier on top, to the replace the stock power transformer.  Two of the 6L6 output tubes were removed, and the supply modified to only use two, probably to cut down B+ current.  Two Quam tweeters were added, probably in the late 1940s/early 50s, and are wired to the main speaker, with a rheostat in the circuit.  Luckily, I have a spare Philharmonic power supply.  Pictures of the serial number are included for Kent.  

[palegreenthumb]

Alex, you're in good company here.  Farthest my wife and I have driven for a radio was 4007 miles round trip. Did a little sightseeing along the way, but we didn't dawdle much; it was 8 days total, and we brought back 3 radios.

Nice save on this Philharmonic. 

[Alex R. Whitaker]

What 3 radios did you drive that far for?  Inquiring minds want to know.......

[palegreenthumb]

The primary target was a McMurdo Silver Masterpiece. Secondary acquisitions along the way included a McMurdo Silver Masterpiece IV and a Motorola J-8.