Scott Masterpiece - Missing Dial Pointer

[Don Jackson]

I found this 14 tube Masterpiece not far from home last fall, it was a bit sad looking but it cleaned up much better than I expected. After recapping it and lots of polishing it works great and is a nice addition to my collection. It was all there, except the dial pointer was missing so made do with a generic replacement.  Knowing that not that many of these were made, I doubt if I will ever find an original dial pointer but thought I would ask anyways, there may be the remains of one of these sets out there that still has a pointer. If anyone knows where I might find one, let me know. Otherwise, it was a fun project and I am very pleased with how it turned out.

[David C. Poland]

Your Scott Masterpiece used the same 12 inch, flange mount speaker as the model Sixteen and  19 tube Phantom. The speaker cable used the 8 pin octal style plug, which is a pretty good way to identify it . Has a curvilineal cone and had a paper sound diffuser screwed to the pole piece, sometimes missing. The output transformer is attached to the speaker frame. Has a Scott decal and the cover on the terminal strip is embossed with Magnavox. Has a 38 ohm voice coil

IMG_0314.jpeg They do turn up on eBay.

[Don Jackson]

David

I see in the collector guide a picture of the Super XII with the pointer you refer to, same as the Sixteen. I don't see a screw in the middle so it must push on the shaft. As Kent noted, there may be other radios from the same period with similar pointers.

As for the "souped up audio", they did a pretty good job on this. It is a very good sounding audio section! My set did not come with a speaker, I made an adapter using a universal output transformer and a couple of adjustable power resistors. This works fine and allows for the use of any permanent magnet speaker. I don't expect to find a speaker anytime soon, so this makes waiting a bit easier. Even if a speaker shows up one would have to hope it had a good field coil and output transformer.

[David C. Poland]

Yes, that close up is the correct dial pointer for your Scott           Masterpiece.

The Super 12 and Masterpiece used this same dial pointer, ...    except  for the early production Super 12. Most Super 12 and all Masterpiece used the same "Stradivarius" dial.  Most Masterpiece examples included the optional 5th Ultra High band needed to receive the AM audio for the pre war TV transmissions.  In those examples, the 5 th band was wired to the band switch position labeled P and the phono switch relocated to the band width Fidelity switch.

The Masterpiece is pretty much a Super12 with souped up audio with two 6J5 triodes in push pill to drive the 6V6 output tubes. The 2 additional controls first appeared in very late Super 12 production ( I had one).

In contrast, early Super 12 production had a different black dial with graphics like a scaled down version of the pointer Philharmonic dial, including a small 3rd pointer logging scale.  This early Scott Super 12 dial sported the same dial pointer as the Scott Sixteen.

[Don Jackson]

Kent

I have looked at whatever pictures I could find of the Masterpiece and the pointer in this photo seems to be correct, quite a lot of detail and a very attractive pointer. I'm sure you can confirm if this right one. The Super XII seemed to use one that was a bit different. I have never seen either so it is hard to tell from photos. 

[Kent King]

What you have on it is very similar to the original. This set used a pointer that was also found on other sets of the period. Keep watching and we may find you one.

Kent