[radio dog]

just purchased a philco 15 x in really nice origional condition but grill clothe is showing wear.does any one know which pattern of cloth is most like the origional

[Ron Ramirez]

Pattern 40 from Radio Grille Cloth Headquarters is about as close to the original as you are going to get. Not exactly the same, but close:

http://www.grillecloth.com/

[radio dog]

thanks Ron i will get that one

[TA Forbes]

Older Philco consoles can be "spruced up" nicely by using a velvet elvis painting for the grillecloth. I installed tiny black lights above the elvis painting grillecloth on my otherwise drab Philco model 201X to highlight the glow in the dark paint. It looks exxxxcelent......

[radio dog]

i am sure that is a dazzling and interesting look and i too am a elvis fan but i wanted the look of 1933 in this classic console.

[TA Forbes]

Another way to improve the looks of them is to affix baseball card stickers, post office wanted posters, or refrigerator magnets to the cabinet. Maybe a good way to realize the 1933 look would be to decoupage 1933 newspaper articles to the cabinet???

P.S. Don't take ANY of what I said seriously! BUT believe me, I have seen some awful things done to an otherwise nice radio for only God knows why. The one that I think appalled nearly all of us here was the fellow on eBay that dismantled a Philco 116B non shouldered tombstone cabinet and sold the cabinet and chassis parts. Oy vay !!!!

The 15X is a set that I would love to have someday! Good luck with it!

[Marsupial]

yeah... cabinet parts.

shipping is too expansive so I destroyed this otherwise perfectly preserved rare radio to prevent any interested buyers to pay me for shipping it. Maybe the parts will sell off?

If I recall he sold the tubes and that's about it.

[radio dog]

the previous owner removed most of the tubes from this one i found one in the socket and two 37 loose on top of the chassis and they tried to connect a rca jack and unhooked the big speaker and tried to connect a external speaker. luckly no permanent damage to anything.i would like to clean and keep the origional grille cloth but this is fading and worn to the point where i want to see what a new one looks like. the origional finish is still very presentable.found this one at a auction and there was little interest in it.