[radiohenry]

Does anyone recognize this radio? The only identification is the name Royal on the escutheon. When new it would have had all globe tubes. The line up is left to right 280, Pentode, 224,224,224,224. The sockets are stamped with that information. A number 47 is in the pentode socket.
I also posted this on the other site which has had 178 views so far but no luck identifying the manufacturer.
Thanks,
Henry

[OldRestorer]

Well royal is a company that was run by DeForest who was owned by Crosley. I dont see it online but many radios were not documented. Halson radios are notorious for that as are smaller name brand branch off's.

[morzh]

I saw this one on K-town show.
I remember commenting that it looked a whole lot like the Philco 20 (latticework is different but the shape and the spiral grove ornament are similar).

Is it a Gloritone by chance?
Or it could be a Zenette.

http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=6153
http://www.tuberadioland.com/zenithL_main.html

[radiohenry]

Kirk and Mike,
I am really stumped with this one. Kirk,
Deforest was suggested tome earlier but I can find nothing really.
Mike, The Gloritone at least looked more similar with the tube shield in the back.
I too was struck by how much it reminded me of a Philco 20 and it is almost as large. I don't recall another radio with that tubes and shield only look from the back. Also I have never seen a tube socket stamper pentode, always if stamped the tube number is stamped.
My old IRC catalogs list a Royal 9v but the tube line up is different when I looked it up in Rider's.
I am really hoping someone here will know this radio.
Thanks for the response.
Henry

[morzh]

I regret now I did not remember the brand, it had exact same front as yours.
As for repairs, this is likely a TRF and a common sense recap/recarb will probably do it, and alignment should be simple as if it is a TRF there is no heterodyne alignment song and dance. Even with no sch this should be no too bad.

[Eliot Ness]

Sort of reminds me of an early west coast set; there were a lot of small garage operations going on out there during this time frame. Maybe looking through the Floyd Paul books will give you a clue:

http://www.antiqueradios.org/paul-bks.html

Otherwise, like morzh said, as a TRF repairs should be fairly straightforward.

[radiohenry]

Eliot Ness,
Thanks for the tip . Maybe someone who has those books will take a look for me.
Henry