Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Printable Version

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Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Jhunt - 03-06-2023

What do these numbers mean, the knobs are from a Philco 19? Production date perhaps

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RE: Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Ron Ramirez - 03-06-2023

Only dead Philco engineers know the answer. And dead men tell no tales.

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RE: Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - RodB - 03-06-2023

Hi JHunt,

Now all the collectors will be scrounging through their parts boxes looking for a matched set. lol

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RE: Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Jhunt - 03-06-2023

Here is a pair of Rosette knobs that match, but the backs are different.

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RE: Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Brad Winder - 03-06-2023

Oh great...more "numbers matching" LOL!

I think they are probably mold or casting numbers. Or possible it's the number of the machine used to make the casting. Manufacturers usually keep track of details like that, so they are able to track down causes of defects for quality control.

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RE: Numbers inside of Rosette knobs - Arran - 03-13-2023

There were some Airline (Belmont) sets that also used rosette style knobs, maybe the one with the different back is one of those? Also I don't think that Philco manufactured their own knobs, at least the Bakelite ones, I noticed a letter "S" on some of the knobs, could that have stood for "Santay"? Santay seems to have made a lot of knobs for post war RCA sets. Kurz Kash was another outfit that made a lot of knobs, their logo was a double "K", back to back.
Regards
Arran

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