Rare Truetone Tombstone twin speaker
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I have had this console for a long time. It has gotten a bit dusty.
BTW the chassis is 14 1/2 wide which is also the width of the table radio I pictured above. Fred's radio must be at least an inch wider.
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Hello Russ, I think you hit it right on the money. Is there a model # for that radio? Or is it the same one as the smaller picture of first radio you had shown? Whats your thoughts on this tombstone of mine, is it as rare or not rare or what?
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I think the Truetone branded model like yours is abit less common than the Airline version or the Lafayette. Same radios just cabinets are different
http://radioattic.com/item.htm?radio=0960239
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/lafayette_l18.html
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/lafayette_l19.html
But now that I think about it? Ive never seen the Lafayette...but the other two yes
One of these days Im going to do a thread with all the twin speaker table radios before 1950. Russ did a Stewart Warner( I think or Masek) that was beautiful.
Ive been saving all the twin speaker set links and am just about done..I think Ive found about a dozen or so
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Fred, the console is a WG-24 from 1932(?)
I don't think there are a lot of them around, console or table top. The table top I posted is a 62-103. They seem to be more plentiful. There are few that look good. Note that RM did not even have a good picture of the Lafayette.
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Russ;
I noticed that the twin speakers in your console have the exact same numbers stamped on the backs of the rear brackets as the tombstone that Fred has. On one the number is 01525, and the other has the number 01526, the latter has a terminal block and cover mounted to it, so I would assume that these are W.G factory part numbers. Also these numbers are obviously related to the twin speaker models since Fred's tombstone has speakers of the same construction also with 01525 and 01526 stamped on them, again the one with the 01526 has a terminal block and cover mounted to it, but the part number used on the speaker in your tombstone has no terminal block and has a different number altogether C-1963. Without comparing circuit diagrams I would guess that the field coils of the twin speaker models are connected in series whereas the voice coils are connected in parallel, so you probably couldn't swap in a pair of speakers from some single speaker models without changing the circuitry, again this is only a guess since this is what was done on a twin speaker Electrohome set I am working on.
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(01-06-2016, 03:22 AM)Arran Wrote: Russ;
I noticed that the twin speakers in your console have the exact same numbers stamped on the backs of the rear brackets as the tombstone that Fred has. On one the number is 01525, and the other has the number 01526, the latter has a terminal block and cover mounted to it, so I would assume that these are W.G factory part numbers. Also these numbers are obviously related to the twin speaker models since Fred's tombstone has speakers of the same construction also with 01525 and 01526 stamped on them, again the one with the 01526 has a terminal block and cover mounted to it, but the part number used on the speaker in your tombstone has no terminal block and has a different number altogether C-1963. Without comparing circuit diagrams I would guess that the field coils of the twin speaker models are connected in series whereas the voice coils are connected in parallel, so you probably couldn't swap in a pair of speakers from some single speaker models without changing the circuitry, again this is only a guess since this is what was done on a twin speaker Electrohome set I am working on.
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I believe that is correct. The models are only similar, probably built by the same manufacture, WG. And the cabinet design is only similar as well, but used to demonstrate the possible original finish and tint. This is in regard to the 2 table top radios.
On the other hand the console and Fred's radio probably have the same chassis and speakers.
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I admit Im terrible when choosing grill cloth. Maybe take a look at this one Kenny did awhile ago. I think he said it came from Bretts.
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Fred,
I'm liking the less bold print of the radio's speaker cloth on the left, so the cloth that you're saying is for the Philco 90 might be my choice for the Truetone, if it was my radio...
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(01-11-2016, 11:34 PM)SteveG Wrote: Fred,
I'm liking the less bold print of the radio's speaker cloth on the left, so the cloth that you're saying is for the Philco 90 might be my choice for the Truetone, if it was my radio...
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I think your right Steve , me too on the 90 cloth. I will change it out next week end and hopefully Dick will have fixed the chassis, we think the oscillator isn't working.
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Congratulations ! Beautiful job. I can see why you like it so much. Hope you have many years of enjoyment listening.
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Very nice Fred. Enjoy!
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