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My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :)
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I got the cabinet shown below on ebay today. It is/was a 38-116 that was cut short and had a maple top board added. Currently it houses a 12" Jensen SG220 speaker, what ever that is.

Concurrently, I have had a fellow up in Wisconsin restoring my McMurdo Silver Masterpiece 2 set, which is a 2 chassis 12 tube set circa 1933 or so. It uses 2-2B6 output tubes, making it a late model version. The chrome on the main chassis and its cover box are stunning and it was really made by the Hallicrafter company with a dual dial arrangement. I think the left side dial is a fine tuner. The main chassis will sit proudly on top of this cabinet. I have been wondering if the Philco clarifiers would work too if added in this combo.

Anyway, my guy last week was able to get the MP 2 working and told me it a really HOT player too. Thanks to Norman Braithwaite for supplying the missing schematics to pull it off too.

The plan is for the Phil-Silver to go into my McMurdo room (aka my living room) where it will get played in rotation with the others in the room. I play a different set each day and the spot I have picked out currently has a very nice Scott I got from forum member Mike via Ron Ramirez's referral.

The 38-116 cabinet is very large but so is the reserved parking spot for it.
I will have to modify the cabinet by adding a lower shelf for the amp
and mounting of the 12" Jensen pedistal speaker but should not be too difficult. Note even the pedistal stand on the speaker is chromed too.

I also need some V chevron grill cloth or something similar to make it more Philco-ish too.

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My New Phil(co)-Silver set :) :) - by y2kbruce - 09-20-2012, 07:13 PM



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