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18th Jan 2023, 12:54 am | #21 |
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Re: Weird, oddball sets that you may not have seen..
Really like the Zenith Royale, beautiful radio.
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18th Jan 2023, 10:14 am | #22 |
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I don't know whether this one is rare but its certainly an oddball, only ever come across this one, no makers name or any hints on the case or chassis. One day I'll get round to it!
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18th Jan 2023, 10:24 am | #23 |
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That is indeed a strange, curious set. Rather than a commercial set it could be a bespoke cabinet maker's cabinet housing a magazine design or kit chassis. Very nice and certainly rare.
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18th Jan 2023, 12:50 pm | #24 | |
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https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=38748 Can't remember who took it off my hands, but someone certainly did. And I was sure a complete example had surfaced since, but I was probably thinking of yours https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=146581 Paul |
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18th Jan 2023, 12:53 pm | #25 |
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Re: Weird, oddball sets that you may not have seen..
This set was supplied by Graves, the catalogue firm. I had one which I sold to a friend, who I believe still has it. There was a label inside somewhere giving the name of the model, I have a picture of the label somewhere which I will post when I can find it.
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18th Jan 2023, 1:21 pm | #26 |
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It's a Graves Minerva. I can't find the picture of the label but have found a couple of pictures that were sent to me by another friend who also has one of these sets when I was thinking of restoring the one I had, which was in bad condition.
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18th Jan 2023, 1:27 pm | #27 |
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Great info Mike, Paul, thanks.
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18th Jan 2023, 1:38 pm | #28 |
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This little American set using UX-based valves has been with me for decades: no indication of a maker, but the chassis has the remains iof a "Broadcast /Long Wave" label which is odd as there's no sign of a switch.
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18th Jan 2023, 8:58 pm | #29 |
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I've got one of these sets, it's an Emerson. The LW_MW switch is on top of the chassis, the label is missing on mine, probably an adaption for the UK market. The handle on my set is not original, it was missing when I found it.
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18th Jan 2023, 9:27 pm | #30 |
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Front panel is made from Repwood.
Made by Emerson when Walt Disney made film . 'Snow white and the 7 dwarfs.' in 1930's.
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19th Jan 2023, 2:56 pm | #31 |
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Re: Weird, oddball sets that you may not have seen..
I'd had my suspicions it was a Graves & the model (Minerva) had popped up a few times but no technical information. Unfortunately when I received it one of the valves had worked loose & hadn't survived. The other two had but I'm not sure what they are as the markings are very faint. Thanks for the confirmation that there's more than one out there! I might just give the chassis another going over with the mark 1 eyeball again. Thanks once again.
I've never seen the Snow White radio, its fascinating to see other rarities & oddball's in collections.
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19th Jan 2023, 3:58 pm | #32 |
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You can sometimes see 'non existent' or faint markings on old valves by breathing on them and turning the valve through all angles of light and viewing angle.
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19th Jan 2023, 4:00 pm | #33 |
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Hello,
Circa 1947 Ferranti produced the 147 table radio and the 447 radiogram with a pink or blue sort of Lloyd Loom front, as pictured below. (Pictures are from the internet.) I do have the table radio but sadly not the radiogram. Yours, Richard |
19th Jan 2023, 4:15 pm | #34 |
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Very '50s deco' !
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19th Jan 2023, 4:35 pm | #35 |
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I know someone who has the radiogram: apparently they were known as "The Pram" at Hollinwood (leastways, I think they were still at Hollinwood - or was it Moston?), likewise the T1246 television was known as "The Spider".
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20th Jan 2023, 4:43 pm | #36 |
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For the Graves Minerva, the Mullard Valve Replacement Guide for 1936 I have gives the line up as PM1HL, PM1HL, PM202.
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22nd Jan 2023, 5:00 pm | #37 |
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Apparently this weird set is a 1949 Setchell Carlson. (I'm none the wiser...)
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24th Jan 2023, 6:55 pm | #38 |
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A Majestic 149 from 1933: http://www.tuberadioland.com/majestic149_main.html
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24th Jan 2023, 7:27 pm | #39 |
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Re: Weird, oddball sets that you may not have seen..
Not odd by US standards but pretty odd by uk standards.
The Etronic Midgetronic, the case was originally intended for the Sargrove A3 https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=88980 The other that springs to mind is the PYE Slim Six P128B Sadly not pictures of my own examples I have broken my Fibular and I dont have access to much at the moment. Cheers Mike T
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This is a McCarthy midget set made by Felgate Radio. Possibly a MC 422 from 1949 but there are some circuit differences (and some differences in the cabinet from the one on the service sheet) so maybe a little later. The components are mounted on a paxolin board but not a printed circuit board. John |
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