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Proud new owner of a 37-690
#46

Yes, it uses common Philco knobs so that was no problem Icon_smile Other than clear coating the top, I haven't touched the cabinet and don't plan to any time soon. I just don't have the room or equipment to do it right. Someday I hope to get an HVLP spray rig and space to handle a cabinet this large - or have someone else do it.
#47

(11-28-2014, 04:23 PM)Bob Andersen Wrote:  Yes, it uses common Philco knobs so that was no problem Icon_smile  Other than clear coating the top, I haven't touched the cabinet and don't plan to any time soon.  I just don't have the room or equipment to do it right.  Someday I hope to get an HVLP spray rig and space to handle a cabinet this large - or have someone else do it.

Yes the top clear finish on the 37 and 38-690's seem to have problems with peeling off. I've seen several that are missing some or most of the lacquer clear coat  Icon_sad
#48

Nice set Bob.  Look forward to one of your great video restorations on this one!

- Geoff
#49

As some of you may know I recently bought a new house and just finished moving. A lot of my collection is now in a climate controlled storage facility, but some of the best are now in a display room. That includes this 37-690.

I moved all the sets either myself or with the help of a friend. I removed some of the chassis to lighten the load which gave me the opportunity to finally take a closer look inside this beast.

Turned out the removing the lower chassis didn't help as much as we had hoped but taking out the big speaker too sure did.

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While disconnecting the tweeters I noted that they both were nuts and showed evidence of having been removed. Also the cable for the one in the upper right butts up next to a tube shield.

Well that got me thinking and I did a little web searching and discovered ever example I could find showed the tweeters with the connections up top - not at the bottom. That leads me to the conclusion that mine are in upside-down!
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Here's one I found online.

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#50

Now here's a look at that lower chassis.
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It appears some of the electrolytics were replaced way back in the day. Otherwise, I think it's all original.
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#51

Beautiful!!! your one lucky guy good luck with it!  Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup
#52

Those Sprague electrolytic capacitors would still be "period correct"; if it were mine, I would restuff them.

Tim KA3JRT
#53

Fantastic device ... Icon_thumbup It's my dream ... Icon_rolleyes




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