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My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - y2kbruce - 09-20-2012
I got the cabinet shown below on ebay today. It is/was a 38-116 that was cut short and had a maple top board added. Currently it houses a 12" Jensen SG220 speaker, what ever that is.
Concurrently, I have had a fellow up in Wisconsin restoring my McMurdo Silver Masterpiece 2 set, which is a 2 chassis 12 tube set circa 1933 or so. It uses 2-2B6 output tubes, making it a late model version. The chrome on the main chassis and its cover box are stunning and it was really made by the Hallicrafter company with a dual dial arrangement. I think the left side dial is a fine tuner. The main chassis will sit proudly on top of this cabinet. I have been wondering if the Philco clarifiers would work too if added in this combo.
Anyway, my guy last week was able to get the MP 2 working and told me it a really HOT player too. Thanks to Norman Braithwaite for supplying the missing schematics to pull it off too.
The plan is for the Phil-Silver to go into my McMurdo room (aka my living room) where it will get played in rotation with the others in the room. I play a different set each day and the spot I have picked out currently has a very nice Scott I got from forum member Mike via Ron Ramirez's referral.
The 38-116 cabinet is very large but so is the reserved parking spot for it.
I will have to modify the cabinet by adding a lower shelf for the amp
and mounting of the 12" Jensen pedistal speaker but should not be too difficult. Note even the pedistal stand on the speaker is chromed too.
I also need some V chevron grill cloth or something similar to make it more Philco-ish too.
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RE: My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - Michael Dennis - 09-20-2012
WOW! A guy needs welder's dark tinted goggles to look at the radios you have, Bruce! 8)
Mike
RE: My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - codefox1 - 09-20-2012
Snazzy!
RE: My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - Ron Ramirez - 09-21-2012
Two thumbs up!
Congratulations, Bruce!
RE: My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - TA Forbes - 09-22-2012
Wow, that's swell!
And in my opinion an accurate example of one way they would have come up with an acceptable "cabinet" for the Silver.
RE: My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - Michael Dennis - 09-22-2012
That speaker looks similar to the one that came with the EH Scott AW12 I got back in May, except it has the Scott decal on the back, of course. It's more similar to that than to the speaker I had with the AW15. I assume then that my speaker is a Jensen.
Mike