Philco Cabinets & Cabinet Parts
Richmond Designs, Inc. – Quality duplication of vintage radio cabinet parts and complete cabinets.
Philco Cabinet Backs
Retro-Tronics is offering laser cut reproduction backs for many Philco models, as well as reproduction backs for other radio models.
Cabinet Repair & Refinishing
Richmond Designs, Inc. – Quality cabinet refinishing for all models of vintage radios.
Michael Schwartzman – Cooperstown, NY. Offers complete refinishing and repair of cabinets for vintage radios.
ToshMahal.com – Located in Dallas, TX. Restoration of furniture including wood vintage radio cabinets.
Crystal Headset Repair
West-Tech Services, 1227 Morrow Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240. Phone: 740-581-0945 – Send Email
Philco Decals
Dial Covers
Dialcover.com (Mark Palmquist) – Offers custom-made reproduction plastic dial covers for vintage radios including many Philcos. A complete list of his dial covers may be found here.
West-Tech Services, 1227 Morrow Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240. Phone: 740-581-0945 – Send Email. They offer high quality dial covers for your vintage radio. More information.
Philco Dial Scales
Mark Oppat’s Old Radio Parts – Offers silkscreened translucent dial scales as well as replacements for glass dial scales.
Radio Daze – Offers plastic dial scales as well as replacements for glass dial scales.
Philco Escutcheons
Renovated Radios– An expanding selection of Philco escutcheons. They now offer the popular 1941 and 1942 escutcheons as well.
Antique Electronic Supply carries a few reproduction escutcheons and some reproduction knobs as well.
Reproduction Grille Cloth
Radio Daze – Offers a growing selection of reproduction grille cloth for the vintage radio collector.
Radio Grille Cloth – Reproduction grille cloth supplier. Authentic looking original vintage designs and styles.
Richmond Designs, Inc. – Currently carries replacement cloth for some Philco, Zenith, and other radios. Excellent quality!
Speaker Fabric Supply – Several generic cloth patterns, no specific Philco cloth patterns.
Also searcheBay for grille cloth.
Philco Knobs & Pushbuttons (original)
David Frush (original and NOS knobs, including many for Philco sets)
Julie McCall – Original knobs for Philco and other radios.
Kelton Trammell– Original knobs for Philco and other radios.
Philco Knobs & Pushbuttons (reproduction)
Microphone Repair
West-Tech Services, 1227 Morrow Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240. Phone: 740-581-0945 – Send Email
Miscellaneous Parts
Capacitors
Bob’s Antique Radios & Electronics – Capacitors, AC power cords, and other items for the vintage radio restorer.
Sal’s Capacitor Corner– Axial and radial film capacitors, X2 and Y2 AC safety caps, and electrolytic capacitors. Very good prices.
Grommets
Don Patterson – Replacement rubber tuning condenser grommets for Models 70, 90, and other similar Philcos made between 1931 and 1936 are available from Don Patterson. These will raise the tuning condenser back to its proper height, and they mount just like the originals.
Renovated Radios carries a number of different Philco rubber grommets and mounts including flat and round chassis mounts and reproduction corner mounts for 1935 and 1939-1942 Philcos.
Resistors
Soldering Stations
Circuit Specialists – Soldering Stations – Large selection of soldering stations. They also sell test equipment and other electronic parts and supplies.
Phonograph Parts, Reflocking, Cartridges, Etc.
V-M Audio Enthusiasts – offers needles and cartridges for all brands of record changers as well as idler wheels/rebuilding service and belts for all brands including Philco/V-M tape recorders and Philco-Ford/V-M record changers. Service literature and Owner’s Manuals for V-M products, record care and accessories. V-M Factory Replacement service parts for V-M products. It is THE premier site for V-M information and help.
TurntablesNeedles.com – Phonograph parts, cartridges, needles/styli, etc.
West-Tech Services, 1227 Morrow Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240. Phone: 740-581-0945 – Send Email. They rebuild idler wheels including totally vulcanized new rubber for 45, VM and Zenith Cobra changers. They sell “hard-to-find” needles, cartridges, and other phono parts. Visit their website, call, or e-mail for more information.
Phono Cartridge Repair – Crystal cartridges
West-Tech Services, 615 Fairground St., Caldwell, Ohio 43724. Phone: 740-732-6056 – Send Email. They rebuild old metal and plastic phono cartridges for 78 players, jukeboxes, crystal and magnetic cutting heads.
Phono Cartridge Repair – Older magnetic (“horseshoe”) cartridges used on 1920s-1930s phonographs:
George Epple – Magnetic Cartridge Rebuilding – Rebuilds 1920’s through 1940’s horseshoe magnet pickups and others. Specializing in Philco, Victor, RCA, Wurlitzer, Edison, Capehart, Majestic, Columbia, Seeburg, Brunswick, HMV, Sparton, etc. Fabricates custom rubber components as required and uses an industrial magnet charger.
West-Tech Services, 1227 Morrow Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240. Phone: 740-581-0945 – Send Email
Phonograph Repair
Jim Koehler Antique Radio Repair Service – Located in Freeport, NY.
Philco Predicta Repair
50’s Predicta.com – Repair of 1959-60 Philco Predicta television sets.
Radio Repair & Restoration
BillTheRadioGuy.com – Repair/restoration of auto and home radios, located in Shelton, WA.
Dale’s Antique Radio Repair – Radio repair service located in Greenville, TX.
Jim Koehler Antique Radio Repair Service – Located in Freeport, NY.
John & Jean Antique Radio – Located in Leo, IN (near Fort Wayne).
Rick’s Antique Radios – Located near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Vintage Sounds Houston – Repair/restoration of radios, phonographs, telephones, music boxes and more!
Philco Schematics
Nostalgia Air (online schematics from Rider’s Manuals, available for free download)
Photocopies of schematics are also available from the following suppliers for a reasonable fee:
The Philco Repair Bench – High quality photocopies of original Philco service information for 1928-1947 Philco radio models.
The Audiophool Page – Philco Service Bulletins – Free downloads of Philco service bulletins in DJVU format.
Just Radios (American, Canadian AND European schematics)
Mike’s Manuals – Specializing in out-of-print service manuals.
Speaker Repair
Jackson Speaker Service – Speaker Reconing by Ron McGee. Contact him at Jackson Speaker Service, 3921 Pine Crest Court, Jackson, MI 49203 or call (517) 789-6400.
Sound Remedy – Loudspeaker repair service, located in New Jersey.
The Speaker Shop – Vintage and Antique Speaker Repair and Recone Services, loctaed in North Lima, Ohio.
Utah Reconers– Matt Sheldon, 7120 Camelot Way, West Jordan, Utah 84084 or call 801-694-0166.
Vintage Radio – Tony Cerasin, 900 Crestview Dr., Newberg, Oregon 97132 or call 503-538-2392. Specializing in vintage/antique speakers.
Transformers – Custom-Built
Heyboer Transformers – Heyboer can construct a new transformer to your specifications. Excellent quality, reasonable prices.
Transformers – New
Transformers – Used
John Kendall’s Vintage Electronics – The Radio Junkyard
Transformer Rewinding
Contact Heyboer Transformers to have a new transformer built to your specifications.
Tubes
Used Parts
John Kendall’s Vintage Electronics – The Radio Junkyard
Volume Controls
Mark Oppat’s Old Radio Parts– The “King of Controls” has probably the largest stock of volume controls in the USA, including original Philco and Zenith, but mostly Centralab, Clarostat, IRC and Mallory. Many rare tapped ones too. He can also fix many controls.
Wire, Cloth-Covered AC Cord, etc.
Sundial Wire – cloth-covered wire in many styles, colors and gauges. They also sell AC plugs.
Wood Finishing Supplies
Constantines – Wood finishing supplies, veneer, etc.
Mohawk Finishing Products – Makers of clear and tinted (toning) lacquer as well as other wood finishing supplies. Please note that they do not sell direct to the public but their site includes a list of distributors from which you may purchase their products.
Woodcraft – Wood finishing supplies including Behlen lacquers and toners, rottenstone, etc.
Wood Finisher’s Source – Wood finishing supplies including Mohawk lacquers and toners.