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Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Crist Rigotti - 07-05-2015

Guys,

Need some help to ID this tombstone cabinet. What's interesting is the metal escutcheon around the tuning and tone controls.

Thanks.


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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Eliot Ness - 07-05-2015

I'm not sure what Philco model that is, but that metal escutcheon is not original.  It came off one of those cheap Chinese reproduction radios, and this looks like the radio it came from:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Divine-Model-Antique-Replica-Am-Fm-Radio-/261948124937?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cfd532f09

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Fred Taylor - 07-05-2015

Somebody butchered that philco    

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - KCMike - 07-05-2015

Looks like a 620 that someone routered out the two new holes on each side of the dial. Freds right, butchered.

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Crist Rigotti - 07-05-2015

Yep, looks like a butchered 620 cabinet!

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2015

Mike and Crist are both correct. It appears to have once been a 620B cabinet that is now butchered.

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Arran - 07-06-2015

 If that cabinet were cheap enough I would buy it if I ran across it, for cabinet parts. My Philco 620's cabinet was the victim of a moron with a disk and a drum sander, with which they mutilated the poplar millwork on either side of the front control panel.
Regards
Arran

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Crist Rigotti - 07-06-2015

(07-06-2015, 03:54 AM)Arran Wrote:   If that cabinet were cheap enough I would buy it if I ran across it, for cabinet parts. My Philco 620's cabinet was the victim of a moron with a disk and a drum sander, with which they mutilated the poplar millwork on either side of the front control panel.
Regards
Arran

Yes, a good point!

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - PhilcoJohn - 07-07-2015

To bad someone defaced that radio cabinet. What does it say on the medal face plate?

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - AI2V - 07-13-2015

With the six whiskers it makes it a 116 or maybe 650.  The 620 has only four whiskers.

That escutcheon doesn't belong there.  Why do people sand finishes??  That just drives me up a wall.

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RE: Unknown Philco Tombstone Cabinet - Crist Rigotti - 07-13-2015

Well, I won it and another 630 tombstone cabinet and chassis at the auction. Paid $25 for the lot.

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