Scott serial numbers

[Kent King]

As most of you know, I've been gathering and analyzing Scott serial numbers for over 20 years. I have a couple requests....first, if you haven't sent me your serial numbers, please do. Also...if any of you have a confirmed date for a set/serial number, please send me that. There is a warranty tag on ebay at the moment, these are great, since they have the date and serial number on them. A letter with a date is also good confirmation. I would greatly appreciate any info you fellows can provide. I'll post more about serial numbers here in the future.

Kent

[KIM L BOWERS]

My Super XII, 1939 / 1940

[Kent King]

Alex - thanks, both new. BB-330 was built Apr 20, 1940, so BB-331 is right there on a date.

Alex R. Whitaker said:

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I just bought two Philharmonic parts chassis (tuners only).  One is an FM, and the other is a red dial deluxe.  Serial numbers are GG-409 for the FM, and BB-331 for the red dial. 

[John Chidgey]

Allwave 15 (R378) in Roslyn.

John 

[Michael Hennes]

Kent,

I am new here and would like to share a few Scott serial numbers with you to add to the database.

AW12 - S/N M124 (chassis only)

AW15 - S/N K257  (Tasman cabinet)

RB0-2    S/N 7564

My father owned a Radio/TV Repair shop in a small town in North Dakota in the early 50's and took the AW12 in on trade for a Maytag wash machine. We fixed it up and hooked it to a long wire antenna in the attic. I remember listening to an AM station in Little Rock Arkansas on it many a late night.

The AW15 was recently acquired at a Ham Radio swap meet and appears to be complete as shipped from the factory.

The RB0-2 was rescued from the dumpster along with several dozen other antique and ham radios and other electronics from an abandoned collection found in an old church building in Walhalla, ND.

Please let me know if these are new additions or repeats to the database.

Thanks,

Mike H. -- KE0ND    

[Kent King]

Mike -

Many thanks for those numbers, they are all new additions, bringing my total to 2214. The AW12 dates from May or June of 1933, the AW15 is probably Sep 1934. Dates are good estimates based on other serial numbers with known dates. The Allwave 15 in a Tasman is a nice find. Being in ND, I'm surprised you haven't found a battery operated Scott - electric was late arriving, and Scott offered the 2V and 6V chrome battery sets for areas without power until about 1935. Thanks for the numbers and if you ever need parts or assistance with the sets, just drop me a note!

Kent

[Erik johnson]

Hi Kent, I just found this blog yesterday.  I originally made a post asking if there was anyway to trace a serial number of my Scott 33 tube Philharmonic (serial code GG 400) to original purchase records.  I was told no.  The reason I was interested is when I bought the radio it came with some history that I only read recently which stated an HP employee bought it from David Packard (found of HP).  But I also noted some wooden Douglas airline blocks inside of the cabinet with numbers so I assume these were asset tags. so maybe David purchased from Douglas Aircraft.  Also, my radio is remote adaptable but I have no remote.  Anyway, serial number noted above.  Thanks 

[Bob Snively]

Hello Kent.  The serial number is LL-174 on my BOL Dial Philly with remote control. Any info you can provide is appreciated.

[Scott Seickel]

Bob, is your BOL a 7 knob set or a 9 knob set (including tuning knob)?

There is a LL-178 that is a dial pointer remote set.  

[Bob Snively]

Scott, my Philly is a bit odd in the knob count. It appears it was a 7-knob set but has an additional knob directly below the tuning knob, making it an 8-knob set. I'm not sure what it's purpose is but I am certain I will understand more as I progress on this set. I just removed the dial for cleaning and plan on leaving it off until I get done flipping this monster around on the bench.

[David C. Poland]

Bob - Your Philly is evidently the first iteration of the BOL dial (Beam of Light) of late 1938 to late 1939.

Yours is basically the Pointer Dial receiver with new BOL Stradivarius dial (a less complicated dial assembly).

The new 1939 Stradivarius dial graphics has no pointer, no logging scale. The dial indicator is a moving line illuminated by  a set of moving lamps behind the dial as you tune the radio. This green line also jumps from band to band to indicate which short wave or broadcast band you have selected. (This moving line replaced the moving dot and metal pointer of the first version 1937-38 Philharmonic.)

Look for the correct manual in Set Folder, which shows your dial on page 13:  "Phil Owner .... BOL Inside pfd"

Your six control receiver has the same six controls as the 1937-8  model, namely: left to right:

          Fidelity  Volume  Bass              Tuning                Sensitivity   Band   Expander

                                                 Scratch Suppressor 

The Scratch Suppressor is a metal push-pull switch below tuning knob - at low volume, high frequency record scratch is removed.

For 1940, The Philharmonic BOL dial was enhanced by addition of a logging scale window at the top of the dial  and two additional controls appeared, hence the eight control version BOL Philharmonic of 1940-41.

Hope this helps. Do print the 21 page owners manual -  very detailed and informs the many features and operation of this radio. Go to the Archive Info, select set folders, then Philharmonic. then the manual I mentioned above.

[Bob Snively]

 Thank you,  Dave, for all of your insight. It all makes sense to me. Just figuring out the functions of the controls on the second closely monitored power up, I assumed this was maybe the case. Someone has replaced the push/pull scratch suppressor  switch with a rotary on/off switch and installed a small bakelite knob on it. The small knob made manual tuning awkward. I found a heavy duty push/pull switch in my "inventory" that should be alright if there is enough room for it. It's a bit cramped in there right next to the tuning motor/gears. What did Scott use for a brass shaft or knob on the scratch suppressor? Was it just a solid shaft or was there an actual small knob to help grip it ?

Are there any wiring diagrams or schematics available for Remote Control? It certainly would be helpful.

Also, I LOVE the illuminated green dial indicator!

David C. Poland said:

Bob - Your Philly is evidently the first iteration of the BOL dial (Beam of Light) of late 1938 to late 1939.

Yours is basically the Pointer Dial receiver with new BOL Stradivarius dial (a less complicated dial assembly).

The new 1939 Stradivarius dial graphics has no pointer, no logging scale. The dial indicator is a moving line illuminated by  a set of moving lamps behind the dial as you tune the radio. This green line also jumps from band to band to indicate which short wave or broadcast band you have selected. (This moving line replaced the moving dot and metal pointer of the first version 1937-38 Philharmonic.)

Look for the correct manual in Set Folder, which shows your dial on page 13:  "Phil Owner .... BOL Inside pfd"

Your six control receiver has the same six controls as the 1937-8  model, namely: left to right:

          Fidelity  Volume  Bass              Tuning                Sensitivity   Band   Expander

                                                 Scratch Suppressor 

The Scratch Suppressor is a metal push-pull switch below tuning knob - at low volume, high frequency record scratch is removed.

For 1940, The Philharmonic BOL dial was enhanced by addition of a logging scale window at the top of the dial  and two additional controls appeared, hence the eight control version BOL Philharmonic of 1940-41.

Hope this helps. Do print the 21 page owners manual -  very detailed and informs the many features and operation of this radio. Go to the Archive Info, select set folders, then Philharmonic. then the manual I mentioned above.

[Scott Seickel]

That is the rarest of the Philharmonic series.  7 knob B of L that is.  It was produced for a very short period of time.  The remote makes it even rarer.  I don't count the pull out switch as a knob. That is one set that has eluded me.  

The LL series is mixed as are most of the serial number series.     It is like Scott just jumped around assigning serial numbers to sets.    Yes, you will get what looks like a run of the same type of sets in a series, then all of a sudden, it changes.  So the LL series has dial pointers, 7 knob B of L, FM only tuner, 9 knob B of L and late AM/FM sets.  There are 13 unique prefix series's that are known.  I have been working over the last 5 years or so to put the set type to the serial numbers.  It adds a LOT of value as you can see when particular serial numbers were used based on the set type.  

There are 3 different major versions of the Philharmonic.  The earliest 7 knob sets, then the 9 knob revision of that set, then the last AM/FM set.  Stuff like logging scale or remote option doesn't make it a different version based on the circuitry.  I think the 7 knob B of L was the same circuitry as the dial pointer, so I don't consider it a version.   

Bob Snively said:

Scott, my Philly is a bit odd in the knob count. It appears it was a 7-knob set but has an additional knob directly below the tuning knob, making it an 8-knob set. I'm not sure what it's purpose is but I am certain I will understand more as I progress on this set. I just removed the dial for cleaning and plan on leaving it off until I get done flipping this monster around on the bench.