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I think that Midwest dial is one of my all-time favorite art deco pieces.
I just ran across this website with some good information about the restoration of a
Midwest console online the other day. It has the same dial as yours and he explains the "Tunalite" tuning indicator (hint: it doesn't come in a puck-shaped can). Now that I go back and look at it, his chassis is the same (18-36) as yours, too. Just wait till you polish it up!
He's got plenty of pictures there, too.
It's not how bad you mess up, it's how well you can recover.
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Gene,
In the fifth pic down, to the right of the speakers, are those metal devices. Perhaps just baffles? I thought them to be electrostatic tweeters, ala the Euro radios of the era.
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I was wondering about those as well Brenda.
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Yes, those are just baffles. Maybe to help cabinet resonance?
Here is a pic of the dial trim cleaned up and the tune a lite on the front of the chassis. Note the one tube I have cleaned on the left rear of the chassis. With the chassis sitting in the cabinet on an angle, one side of everything on that chassis is wicked dirty.
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Well there has been some progress on the cabinet. Mostly stripped now, but the temps have dropped too low to do any spraying. I also figured out from Mike Simpson I have the wrong color grain filler for this cabinet. So before much else can get accomplished more grain filler has to be purchased.
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Going to be a nice radio Gene. With a little help from Mike Simpson, I recapped one for a friend (18 tube console) and it was a great performer. Can't wait for more pictures of your progress.
Jerry
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Wood looks solid! It is so much easier when you have a solid cabinet to restore.
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That'll be a real beauty once you get it all finished!
The artist formerly known as Puhpow! 8)
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Wow--that is one impressive radio
