Original caps for Phantom Deluxe

[Russ Webb]

Anybody have a picture of an original Phantom Deluxe (no FM) showing the underside of the power amp? Need spec/ part no. o the .05 caps to find original replacements to rebuild. Also spec, manufacture of the electrolytic cans. They might be the same as a Phantom but the power supply is not, so just to verify.

I could also use a photo of the receiver chassis in original condition.

[Russ Webb]

I'll bet that is about the most densely packed Scott cabinet, but I did find room for a Fisher pre-amp for mag cartridges. Who ever did the layout was either very good , had done it before or both. I don't think that there were any "extra" holes generated in the process. The switch on the right goes between phono / Bluetooth. It could use a tweeter.

[Russ Webb]

The Scott has been moved over to the house. Sue played the Bing Crosby Christmas album last night. Her mother used to listen to that collection at Christmas. ( Eight songs on 4 records at 78RPM ) It is working very well. I had to use the tractor to get it up to the side door at the house. As I mentioned, for a small console it is heavy.

[David C. Poland]

the 15 inch speaker was available for the 20 tube Phantom in 1940, so maybe your 15 inch speaker was original to the cabinet. And the cabinet may have been still available, contemporary to the Phantom Deluxe for awhile. Looks like your cabinet once had the lower drawer and shelf above it, now missing, below the speaker edge.

[Russ Webb]

The drawer with it's bird's eye front is still there. Somebody reduced it's depth to about 5 in. This wasn't necessary and I intend to restore it to near it's original depth in the future.

[Russ Webb]

As promised, here is the story:

https://www.russoldradios.com/blog/scott-phantom-deluxe-1940

[Kent King]

Russ -

Great story! I have saved copies of the letters, I have hundreds of pieces of correspondence, and things like these are gems.

For those who'd like to meet him, this is Henry (Hank) Kerl, circa 1944. I'll have to see what I can find on Ms Weishaar, she was Mr Scott's personal secretary and during the war, she handled a lot of correspondence for the company. 

Kent

[David C. Poland]

Nice interesting story!

That a 5 year old radio is described as old and worn out is striking, as we are used to electronics lasting years longer (except for refrigerators :>) ).

FYI, as usual, the cabinet would have been delivered with the front panel installed, cut for the radio ordered, the 

Phantom Deluxe. Yes likely the only Phantom ever installed in the Mayfair. 

Regarding a tweeter, Scott did  offer a coaxial 15 inch option for the 1941 Scott Laureate which I have for mine. The configuration included the outboard 1 tube crossover and one field coil tweeter plus your 15 inch with a different 5 pin plug to fit the crossover.  But any Scott PM tweeter in series with a 2 mfd cap would probably suffice if you can make the brackets to center mount it inside the 15 inch cone. Of try a small modern 16 ohm tweeter in parallel and locate it in a corner of the speaker baffle board, again with a 2 mfd cap or modern crossover.

Example of a center mounted tweeter. zF5nCM.jpeg

photo is of an 800 B coax example looks just like my Laureate speaker.