Tube Radio Vintage

This model Philco radio will be 86 years old in August of 2019; per Rider’s page 4-32. If you are looking for a restored old-time tube radio that can be played as often as you like and for as long as you like, please read on. You are viewing a totally restored. This radio set has been restored to it’s original condition and is ready to bring another lifetime’s listening pleasure to it’s proud new owner. You will be satisfied with this radio set because no detail inside OR outside has been overlooked in order to deliver both “dependable performance” and appealing cabinetry. Every effort has been made to offer a practically new radio, performing as it did originally, and to be maintenance free for quite some time. The wood cabinet is in exceptional condition without any cracks, delamination of veneers, or patch-job repairs. The cabinet has been refinished in traditional manner using linseed oil varnish to bring out the texture of the veneers and impart a soft shine. Solvent based, high gloss black enamel was used to detail the cabinet. Philco decals were placed exactly where they should be and were over-lacquered to prevent wear damage. New period speaker cloth enhances the cabinet design. Felt washers were installed in back of the original black lacquered wood knobs to prevent wear to the cabinet. Lit-up, the original station dial stands out! This model measures 12″ X 8″ X 16high. There is a station tuner knob in the middle, below the dial light window. This model has two bands which are selected by the lower middle knob. Mindful, 1500 kHZ is 1.5 Mhz and 4000 kHZ is 4.0 mHZ. The illuminated dial shows these numerals for band two. The far left knob is the volume control which is brand new and not used or new-old stock. Spray cleaning out the original volume control wasn’t going to completely remove the scratchy sounds of age; accordingly, it was replaced. The far right knob gives two choices for tone; one of the two will certainly suit your ear. The electronics inside the chassis are in superb working condition after a thorough overhaul. It’s not like there’s a Radio & TV Repair shop down on Main Street any longer. So, other than tubes which eventually wear down, everything else comprising a 1933 radio restoration has to be spot-on in order to offer for sale something that will be maintenance free for quite sometime. Nothing questionable is passed along! Without writing a book, here are a few tidbits. The entire chassis was cleaned; not silver painted over. The station tuner was dis-mantled, cleaned, and re-built. This included replacing the crumbling rubber grommets which cushion and hold the tuner in place. The rubber grommets are not Home Depot items and needed to be machined out of new rubber. The power transformer happens to be a 1933 original in exceptional condition. That means, it doesn’t show any tell tail signs of failing. The voltage and resistance specifications are exactly right. Moreover, the transformer doesn’t exhibit any of the usual black tar oozing condition ominous to burn out failure. A good transformer operates “warm” not burning hot! This one has a very good running temperature. In 1933, permanent magnets weren’t yet perfected. You may recall, from grade school, making an electromagnet by wrapping a wire around an iron nail and attaching both ends of the coil to a battery. With the battery attached, the iron nail was able to pick-up a group of paper clips. When the battery was detached, the paper clips fell. Well, it happens that radio speakers require a magnet in order to reproduce sounds. Inside the cone of the speaker, that you can’t see, is a coil of wire that is placed on a round magnetic slug of metal. When the radio tubes send waves of alternating signals to this coil, they buck up against the magnetic slug (like fighting magnetic pulses) which vibrates the paper cone thus producing sounds which you can hear. The speaker inside this Philco radio has an electromagnetic coil. The electromagnetic coil is exactly in specification and shows no sign of failing. It also plays well! The speaker cone itself is in excellent condition; no breaks, or tears; very thick paper. Back in 1933, Philco manufactured it’s radios using what they called capacitor blocks. It was supposed to make assembly faster. This radio has 5 capacitor blocks. Each capacitor block contains capacitors encased in black tar (pitch). All of the capacitors hidden inside these blocks need to be replaced. That means dis-assembling all the circuits attached to those blocks. Considerable work getting it all right together again. This radio uses 5 tubes. All 5 tubes are “new old stock” and the dial light bulb is new and rated at 3000 hours. A very thorough restoration job sums it all up. Check out all the photos. The radio plays just great. Radios from 1933 did not yet utilize loop antennas; they received their station signals from a single wire aerial which I will provide for you to attach to the antenna post on the back of the chassis (see photo). You will notice there are no screw holes in the rear of the cabinet for any back attachment. Following the restoration, all radio circuits were re-tuned to their specification using instrumentation. Thoroughly bench tested, this vintage Philco radio set is ready for it’s new home. This radio is heavy as it is constructed from a thick wood cabinet and heavy old fashioned metal chassis. I will double box using new cartons so that your new radio arrives undamaged in transit. The item “Restored Vintage Philco Model 60 AM Broadcast Radio from 1933 THE ULTIMATE” is in sale since Sunday, March 31, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “gotham*radio” and is located in Piscataway, New Jersey. 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