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12-03-2016, 03:53 PM
Been following along during your restoration Terry and really enjoyed it and learned from it also.
 Can only add: Great job Icon_clap
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Also: Black knobs are correct for 1936 Philco sets.
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12-03-2016, 05:00 PM
(12-03-2016, 04:51 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  +1 Icon_thumbup

Also: Black knobs are correct for 1936 Philco sets.

So all of the oval escutcheon sets should have black knobs? Learn something new every day!
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!

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12-03-2016, 09:26 PM
Radioroslyn Wrote:So all of the oval escutcheon sets should have black knobs?

Correctamundo.
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