Allwave 12 deluxe

[Donald Jensen]

Just unexpectedly became the owner or caretaker of a 1933 Allwave 12 which had been exported to
Porto Rico in Jan. 1932. Will post serial number later. Original cabinet was not allowed back into
U.S. Due to termite isolation. I was able to get the set operating with only replacing four electrolytics.
Some deteriorated rubber covered wire in the PS and a tube check. Pretty good for 81 years of age.
That refers to the Scott as well as myself. Loss of the original cabinet put the chassis in a marriage
with a different but decent home. Refinishing will be a challenge but hopefully worth the effort.

Don

[Donald Jensen]

Serial number if interested is F-116. Interesting how the letter indicated the employee and the numeral indicated the number of sets produced by the employee. This is my first association with a Scott product. Interesting to say the least.
Must have been quite a thorn in the flesh for other Chicago corporations. Don

[Norman S Braithwaite]

Although it has been speculated some time ago that the letter may have related to an employee, there is no evidence to this effect.

[John T. Meredith]

When they were alive, none of the employees I talked with indicated the prefix letter on the serial indicate or referred to a specific assembler. There were many people who contributed to the assembly of a Scott radio.

Cheers,

John Meredith

[Kent King]

Don -

The serial number F-121 was built on 10-Nov-1932, so your set was built just before that date. You said it was exported to PR in Jan 32, but it was probably sent in Jan 33, since it was built (most likely) in Nov 32. As others noted, the prefix has never been tied to assemblers. Movies of the assembly of AW15 sets show many people handling the components and chassis of the sets. It is doubtful we will ever understand the meaning of the prefix.

Kent

[David C. Poland]

I see you have the twin speaker set. Does your example have the blue glass Wunderlick tube for 2nd detector and AVC ? (Left side, 3rd tube towards the back). End of 1932 seems to be when AVC was added to the Deluxe and 56's replaced the 27 triodes for the osc and audios on the receiver chassis. The couple 12 tube Deluxe with AVC examples I have had are really good receivers.