If you read the wonderful book The Millionaire Next Door, you'll learn that many with net worths over $1M shop at JCP. I just bought a suit there (Joe Abound) and was amazed at the low price for a decent wool suit.
I find that most are fairly far off even with the original mica capacitors in place. A good alignment with the right equipment makes a world of difference.
When discussing Crosley when Mr. Crosley was involved, his monster transmitter at WLW is an important and fun topic:
http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml
http://www.ominous-valve.com/wlw.html
The closest old radio club is probably the Southern California Antique Radio Society. Several members repair radios for people. See http://www.antiqueradios.org
You might also find somebody by going to the excellent disussion site: http://www.antiqueradios.com
I've been away fromt his site for a while. It is unfortunate to see so many broken photo links. Here are some I've finished in the past few months:
Philco 38-7
Silvertone 6251
Jewel 505 "PinUP" model wall clock radio
Gilfillan 5G8 with oak cabinet
Crosley 124 Playtime in...
You may wish to go to search Radio Museum to search by year for radios made in the years before the war. However, many people still were using radios from the 1930s. Here is the link: http://www.radiomuseum.org
Very nice, and thanks for posting the link! I wonder if the video was made before the current economic mess, as radio prices have dropped.
I definitely want one of those consoles with the wolf brass hounds in the dial escutcheon. Does anyone know the make and model?
The Southern California Antique Radio Society swap meet and lunch will be held on Saturday Morning, June 18 at 1000 W. Isabel St., Burbank, CA 91506 (7:00am to Noon). If you want to see old radios and learn more, you should enjoy it.
I've also noticed this in trendy neighborhoods in LA.
Anyone here remember when CDs first came out? Most were awful, and quality of non-vinyl music is again getting bad.
Finally! The house painting and re-carpeting are complete after more than a month of a mess with many things in the garage and the cars left outside.
I need to think about some shelves for table radios, as I don't like stacking them on consoles, and am about to have several more of them...
Specialty cleaner / lubricant is needed. Contact cleaner or other chemical products may destroy the control - I've done it. I've had good luck cleaning potentiometers with Deoxit D100.
To help determine the age of your Sparton, look it up on NostalgiaAir http://www.nostalgiaair.org/ or...
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