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E.H. Scott Philharmonic Waverly Cabinet with remote control listed on eBay

I came across this listing on eBay for a Philharmonic in a Waverly Grande cabinet with remote control. https://www.ebay.com/itm/EH-Scott-Philharmonic-Waverly-Cabinet-with...

The listing is Alan Japerson's and it shows 54 people watching this radio, so it looks like their is some interest in this set. My question is, does anyone here have one of this remote sets? If you do can you tell me if they work well and does the remote add to the value of Philharmonic? I have never seen one of these come up before and know nothing about them, they seem rare.

Any information is appreciated!

Thanks! 

David

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Yes, several of us have remote control Philharmonic sets.  The remote control scheme works well after cleaning, lubricating, and adjustment.  It is a big job to get all of the remote control functions fully working but it does add value.  The remote keyboard with ribbon cable is worth around $500 by itself.  The record changer is a replacement.  The original record changer was likely a Garrard RC-6 modified for remote operation.

Norman

Norman -

I am in the middle of my first remote control Scott restoration - a late 1939 Phantom Deluxe (no Vernier, VR tube and revised 6L6 amp). It has the small 4 pin phono socket the back for the phono input.

Then this Winter a remote control  30 tube BOL (later 8 shaft) AM/SW Philharmonic with vernier, which just has the 2 screw phono terminal board. And small 4 pin socket, but....

Appears sometime in 1940, with the introduction of the optional 4 unit high fidelity speaker system, Scott must have repurposed the small 4 pin socket for the speaker system tweeter control, thereby dropping the ability to control the phonograph operation from the keypad -  Yes?

It most likely depended on the customers order.  The four unit speaker system, phonographs, and the remote control were all options.  I'm sure the laboratories would find a way to incorporate all if a customer so desired.  More likely, the original tweeter option would have been incorporated if a customer ordered a Philharmonic with remote operation and a phonograph.

Norman 

And as with my late 39, remote and phonograph, you needed the phono bay switch or remote to turn set on and off. I luckily sourced a mint remote and harness for $150, it paid to view EBay early one morn ! Though the Vol and station drives were at some point removed from set, the remote is now a glorified switching device where as before we made a momentary switch in a guitar type floor box. The harness needed some sewing and a few wire strands coaxed back in-line, but being so bulky heavy I’m sure many hit the hardwood when left atop a table or stand. I’m a little reticent to place it atop radio though the original felted bottom indicates the factory meant it so. 

Thanks for the information on the remote system Norm!

One of the members in our radio club told me he had come up with a Beam of light Philharmonic radio with the remote system in the Waverly Grande cabinet, then another member told me about the one on eBay. I guess I really had not paid attention to these remote versions. I did find some info on them in the book Kent and David helped on. High Fidelity, FM and a remote control system ... Scott was on the leading edge of technology in their time!

Today it's High Fidelity, Stereo surround sound with your music streamed in by Bluetooth remote control :-)

David

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