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Gloritone 27 Radio
#31

I have a model 27 that someone painted the cabinet brown. I've been trying to sell it for awhile but the cabinet paint makes it difficult. I did do a chassis restore on it and I must say that with even the shortest antenna it is a very sensitive radio.
#32

Richard, Radiotrope was one of the many nameplates coming out of the Marion, Indiana U.S. Radio and Television Corp plant.
Gloritone was probably the better known brand coming from them.

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
#33

Another make I have seen from U.S Radio and Television was Apex Electric, or U.S Apex, the badge on some of those had a pointed mountain top shaped logo, with A.P.E.X forming the crest with letters. The model 27 I have was built by Grimes-Phonola, likely under license, either that or they bought the chassis in knock down form, they made other U.S. R & T models too, though I don't own any, they also had a relationship will Wells Gardner, but they started as a Canadian affiliate of David Grimes, as the name reveals. Phonola owned their own furniture company so they could build whatever cabinet design they, or one of their private label contractees, wanted.
Regards
Arran
#34

Hello John,
Thanks for the information and Arran I have heard of Wells Gardner and I have heard of Apex but I did not know they had old radio mostly audio tape .

Sincerely Richard
#35

Hello, The radio is playing now using the repaired antenna coil.

MrFixr55 you stated a while back I might need to add a resistor across the two end terminals of the volume pot. What would be the purpose of that?

Thanks,
Dan




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