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[Jamie E]

Me and my father have a 1940's am philharmonic what we are going to start restoring.  I was wondering if any one has any info that will make this process go a little easy.  We know that the capacitors will need to be replaced. One of our fears is if some of the tubes have gone bad. We do have a tube checker so checking them will not be a problem.  does anyone know if there are any places that still manufacture vacuum tubes or where to buy tubes that still work. Any other advice will greatly help in restoring this radio.

Thanks,

Jamie E

[Angelo]

Hi lots of places still sell tubes.Thats a big heavy radio i have had my 1937 Philly since 1978! Recapping takes some time to do.Tube sales Google and shop around for best price ect.Tubes areus comes to mind .That radio will sound nice once done.Do not forget to check the resistors !Angelo

[Jamie E]

The radio has been in our family since the time it was bought back in the 40's, And thanks for the advice.

[Angelo]

Nice!  i like mine a lot and it still plays i recaped it.Took me 2 days taking my time and its time to recap again.Big job some places are very tight others easy.I cleaned and waxed mine after i recaped it.Lot of work but worth it.Angelo

[Kent King]

Jamie -

As Angelo noted, tubes are not a problem. Really, the only parts that are a problem are the highly set specific things that might be broken or defective, and there aren't many of those on a Philharmonic.

For technical info, go to:

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B0K3TBSz_27rNzRiZDFlM2ItN2EyMC00Y...

and look in the Philharmonic folder inside "Set Folders"...you should find a lot of useful technical data in there. If you can post a picture of your set here, it may help us determine which version of the set you have. Also, could you send me the serial number of the set? That may help date it a bit, and might also help with the version. Good luck!

Kent

[Jamie E]

i will post a image when i get a chance, as for the serial number i will not be able to get that till we start on it due to its up ageist a wall and i will need some more muscle to move it.

[Jamie E]

i uploaded the photos here

http://imgur.com/a/FuMrK#0

[Kent King]

Jamie - Thanks for the pictures....you have the AM Deluxe "red band" Philharmonic from about 1940 (serial number may help). You should find most of the needed information in the link I posted earlier. As you get into this project, feel free to ask questions here...that is a very nice set and well worth restoring.

[Jamie E]

I was looking at the schematic for the radio and noticed that cap 1-20 are listed as 1-12, what does that mean?

Also the Serial Number is XX-118

Thanks Jamie E.

[Ken Carr]

Jamie,

Thanks for posting that schematic, by the way!

It's the most clear scan I have seen of this yet. I copied it and made it into a PDF so I can read it easily on the iPad.

If you need a PDF of this, let me know your e-mail and I will send it to you.

Regarding restoration advice, I will defer to others. I am still learning and am a slow learner at that.
 
Jamie E said:

I was looking at the schematic for the radio and noticed that cap 1-20 are listed as 1-12, what does that mean?

Also the Serial Number is XX-118

Thanks Jamie E.

[Jamie E]

That is the original schematic from eh Scott that my grandfather had acquired long ago.  I have since got it enlarged so i don't need it as a pdf but thanks anyway.  The enlarged copy is so large that it takes up the dining room table, makes counting the caps easier.  As to the photo i uploaded I set up my canon dslr on the tripod looking down and took a photo of it, at 18mp.