EH Scott Philharmonic AM/FM
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Not shown in the previous post is the amplifier/power supply. Here it is and disassembly has begun in preparation for re-chroming. Notice the twist lock electrolytics. These are dual 30 mfd at 500 volts. By 1940, capacitors certainly had shrunk from what they were a couple of short years earlier.
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Great radios. I have the E.H Scott all wave 23 I restored last year. Very labor intensive.
It's good you can still find a place to get the chassis chromed. That will be a very nice radio when your done.
Congrats.
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Ready for the chrome shop.
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Wow, a lot of work there. But the end result will be well worth it.
I need to do the same to my McMurdo Silver MP VI power supply.
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Nice radio! I really like the dual eye tubes. Looks like the radio is staring at you while listening in a darkened room! Take care, Gary
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This will be fun to watch! 
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Night Mare.
38-690 looks like a walk in the park.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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A challenge to be sure! Don't know about the Night Mare part. Love it! Just wait till I get into the tuner. There's almost 30 tubes on that thing!
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It's a forest. One could get lost in it. 30 tubes. Yikes. Are you sure at least 10 of them are not there just to look god? 
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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Some do accomplish a purpose of questionable value, especially in this day and age.
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24 tube tuner, 6 tube amp/pwr supply as I recall . That's a very nice looking cabinet too. I will be interested to see your posts.I was able to keep one from going out to the trash a couple of years ago .Long story there. Mine came to stay with no amp/pwr supply and even ratty ones are more $ then I want to spend.
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The pre FM Philharmonics were 30 tubes. they included an audio expander and a scratch filter for the phono input. This one has the early FM band. 27 tubes on the tuner, 6 on the amp/PS. There is no audio expander as they needed the tube space for the FM section. As I said, the FM is the old 42-50 mhz frequency range. I just purchased a TV tuner "subber". These were a piece of test equipment that substituted for the TV tuner for test purposes. With a few modifications they can be made to convert the modern FM band into the old band. It takes 3 ranges to do that since the old band is only 8 mhz wide.
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I stand corrected and learned something new today.
Thanks
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I'd be interested to see how you make those tuners to work. I read about it when I was restoring my Zenith Spinet.
i am still thinking of making it receive modern FM. It should sound very nicely.
And your radio....it should sound exceptional on FM.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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