04-14-2015, 01:54 PM
My thoughts on Philco cloth:
#24 was never an authentic Philco pattern. #1 was the proper pattern, and was used in many Philco sets between 1931-1934.
I noticed people at ARF seem to prefer #2 over #1. #2 (the copper version) was used in 19 and 89 cathedrals, possibly all 1933-34 cathedrals including 14B, 16B, 17B, 18B, 34B, 38B, 44B, 60B. I think some, if not all, 16B and 17B cathedrals used #1 instead.
#1 was definitely used in the 111 highboy, 21, 35, 46, 50, 51, 70 and 90 cathedrals; 52B, 52C, 71B, 80B, 80C, 81B, 91B; possibly some other 1931-33 consoles and table models.
#13 or #52 was a reasonable substitute for the cloth used in the 28C and 45C Butterfly sets.
At one time, I had toyed with the idea of putting together a page with the Radio Grillecloth Headquarters numbers and matching those patterns to the Philco models which used the respective patterns. But I've never been independently wealthy to the point that I could just spend 18 hours a day at a computer, so that certain thing called work kept getting in the way. Then John O. went out of business, so there was no longer any need for such a listing.
#24 was never an authentic Philco pattern. #1 was the proper pattern, and was used in many Philco sets between 1931-1934.
I noticed people at ARF seem to prefer #2 over #1. #2 (the copper version) was used in 19 and 89 cathedrals, possibly all 1933-34 cathedrals including 14B, 16B, 17B, 18B, 34B, 38B, 44B, 60B. I think some, if not all, 16B and 17B cathedrals used #1 instead.
#1 was definitely used in the 111 highboy, 21, 35, 46, 50, 51, 70 and 90 cathedrals; 52B, 52C, 71B, 80B, 80C, 81B, 91B; possibly some other 1931-33 consoles and table models.
#13 or #52 was a reasonable substitute for the cloth used in the 28C and 45C Butterfly sets.
At one time, I had toyed with the idea of putting together a page with the Radio Grillecloth Headquarters numbers and matching those patterns to the Philco models which used the respective patterns. But I've never been independently wealthy to the point that I could just spend 18 hours a day at a computer, so that certain thing called work kept getting in the way. Then John O. went out of business, so there was no longer any need for such a listing.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
