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Interesting new find
#1

Hi guy's,
Brought home a beauty today.
1938 Parmak masterpiece 7 tube ac -dc console in excellent condition.
Came from an elderly ladies farm house.
Has the Parmak AC conversion package and still has the original loop antenna.
Works great and has a beautiful multicolored dial with the manual station presets.
Has original owners manual with schematic and station is tabs.
Interesting thing is there some repair bills from 1949 that show transformer replacement for $3.45 which includes the service call.
E-cap repair for about the same price with service call charge of $2.00

These guy's were not getting rich.
Anyway the radio was professionally refinished at some point.
Looks great.
No info or pics to be found on the net.
I probably have more info than anyone on this set.
Will load pics when I have time.
Murf

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#2

Neat one!


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Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#3

Brought home a beauty today.
1938 Parmak masterpiece 7 tube ac -dc console in excellent condition.
Came from an elderly ladies farm house.
Has the Parmak AC conversion package and still has the original loop antenna.
Works great and has a beautiful multicolored dial with the manual station presets.
Has original owners manual with schematic and station is tabs.
Interesting thing is there some repair bills from 1949 that show transformer replacement for $3.45 which includes the service call.
E-cap repair for about the same price with service call charge of $2.00

These guy's were not getting rich.
Anyway the radio was professionally refinished at some point.
Looks great.
No info or pics to be found on the net.
I probably have more info than anyone on this set.
Will load pics when I have time.
Murf


Nope, not that one.
Mine is a console with a teledial dial.
7 tubes , ac-dc.
#4

2 speakers?

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/
#5

Ooooooh, The console...
Mucho niceo!

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Times I have been electrocuted in 2021
As of 1/01/2021
AC: 4 DC: 1
Last year: 6
#6

Murf;
  Those Parmak sets are poorly documented to say the least, I think that this set might be in Riders but in either the 1940 or 41 book, but the set was from from a few years earlier. I would suggest that if it works now, and everything underneath looks more or less original, that as you recap the set put everything back exactly as it was, take lots of pictures of the underside and make lots of notes. If they used lacquer in the refinish you should be able to spray some shading lacquer over the molding and grille bars, just to get rid of that monochrome look that a lot of refinishing shops seem to use, at least they didn't make them blond.
Regards
Arran
#7

The radio came with the original owners manual which also has schematic.
Looks like it was restored, but I have not taken the chassis out to look.
It plays good so I will leave it alone for now.
Sure like the colorful dial.
Murf
#8

You might like this one. It is a farm set (6V). This is the one that I still have the original box.

   

"I just might turn into smoke, but I feel fine"
http://www.russoldradios.com/
#9

Wow, I love that one too.
Hard to find info on thes.
Don't recall seeing anything on yours either.
Murf
#10

I love the look of Australian Walnut on that Parmak that Russ owns, that's an unusual choice of wood for an American set for some reason, though they used a lot of it in Canadian sets, and Australian ones too obviously.
Regards
Arran




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