Atwater Kent Kiel Radio Table
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I just picked up a Kiel Radio Table with a model 55C chassis in it. Does anyone know who to tell if it's a late model or an early model? I have found drawing on but some of the voltage test points are different, so I think I need to figure it out, so I know which drawing to use. Although there are not too many differences between the two it appears. Can it be broken down based on the serial number?
Philco's: 86 Low Boy, 90 High Boy, 95 High Boy, 76 High Boy, 112X Console, 118X Console, 41-265 Console, 41-608P Console, 52GC, 370 LZ, 512, 20 Baby Grand, 70 Baby Grand, 71B, 52B, 118B, 60B, 84B, 610B, 37-89B, 38-10T, 38-35B, 41-221CI, 42-321T, 46-1203
48-214, 48-206, 49-506
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If you are a FB member there's a group for that.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
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I see from the replies you've gotten on FB there's no definitive answer to your question. A lot of changes though a production run for any number of reasons go undocumented. In the early '30s cost could be a good motivation or better performance.
GL w/your AK and may your transformer failures be few.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
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Here is a discussion of the changes:
https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtop...=6&t=70452
All links are now dead. Try web archive for a copy of the entire atwater-kent web site.
etorre, an ARF member is currently restoring an A-K 55.
GL
Chas
Pliny the younger
“nihil novum nihil varium nihil quod non semel spectasse sufficiat”
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Thanks to all.
Philco's: 86 Low Boy, 90 High Boy, 95 High Boy, 76 High Boy, 112X Console, 118X Console, 41-265 Console, 41-608P Console, 52GC, 370 LZ, 512, 20 Baby Grand, 70 Baby Grand, 71B, 52B, 118B, 60B, 84B, 610B, 37-89B, 38-10T, 38-35B, 41-221CI, 42-321T, 46-1203
48-214, 48-206, 49-506
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Here's the thread for the table and radio restoration I did a few years back in case its helpful for you...
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