[Groundhog74]

Ebay find. I was the winning and only bidder at $49.99. Picked it up today about 2 hours from here.

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Original rear screen
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[Groundhog74]

More of the Brunswick.

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The only negative....no tubes.

[jerryhawthorne]

Groundhog, that is just a lovely radio and the style I like. The price was exceptional. Just a classic looking radio from the era. No tubes, well, unless there are a pair of 45s, should be very reasonable to restuff it. I would have preferred something similar without the turntable but it looks like that one is complete. You just done good! I would go for that over a 12 tube Zenith. I love that screen "door" on the back. Same as my Fada 46. I hope you don't encounter and pot metal problems as I did.
Jerry

[morzh]

Wow, look at the prices. We here cannot buy junk for this price.

[Phlogiston]

There are a pair of 245s in mine but mine has the B-Tully radio. Must be a month or two newer than yours.

You will probably need to re-rubber and re-magnetize the pick-up.

[Groundhog74]

Tube lineup looks like 4- 24's, a 27, an 80, 2- 45's and a "regulator" tube. I got a deal on a pair of 45's last fall on the bay for my Philco 95 Lowboy...I'll just keep watching. Have to figure out what the regulator tube is.

[Phlogiston]

Ballast. What number is it supposed to be?

[Groundhog74]

Looks like it's supposed to be a D-110.

[Phlogiston]

http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_d-10.html

Ours:

   

[jerryhawthorne]

Very nice Phlog (Russ).
Jerry

[Groundhog74]

Does anyone know if the metal parts, dial escutcheon, tone arm, medallion, needle cups, etc. are brass, brass plated or what? I'd like to clean/polish them up but not sure how they are made and what to use when restoring. Thanks for any help.

[Phlogiston]

I'll look, but I think that they are nickel plated and can be cleaned if you don't get too aggressive.

[Arran]

I would clean them, but be very careful about polishing them, particularly the dial escutcheon. In spite of what many think a lot of trim parts on old radios and phonographs were not supposed to bright metal to start with, they left the factory with a matte, an antiqued, or sometimes a blued finish. If that Brunswick were mine I would give that stuff a cleaning but leave it alone, it looks very nice as it is.
Regards
Arran

[sam]

Wow that's very nice 2 hr drive would be worth it cabinet looks to be in great shape finish original ?

[Groundhog74]

As far as I can tell everything is original. There are a few flaws in the finish that do not show up on camera, small pieces of veneer chipped out on an egde etc., but nothing major. Should clean up very nicely. I thought for the price I got it for, a 2 hour drive was worth it. The only things I have noticed during initial cleaning are the power cord is frayed in a couple of places (no biggie) and the dial scale is popped loose from the tiny rivets that hold it in place at both ends, the center rivets are still holding. I found a source for a reproduction of the original owner's manual, and I will order it soon. The felt on the turntable is in really good shape, but extremely dirty. A good cleaning with something (?) will probably make a huge difference in it's appearance. Hopefully I can collect all the tubes I need soon and start on getting it working.....along with the other half dozen radios that need fixed.