[Guest]

Hello everyone, my name is Brandon, and my girlfriend and I have been interested in old radios for a while now. We missed out on a deal for $13 at a local thrift store for an old Philco Cone-Centric tuner, when we went back the next day it was gone...

Anyways, my girlfriend managed to salvage from what we can tell, is a 1930 Model 96, 30, or 41 Highboy (unsure which model exactly, but it looks identical to the model 96 pictured).

It's in rough shape, needs veneer work, knobs are intact, speaker cloth is perfect, Speaker, and Board are all there. Tuner works after restringing the pulleys. All tubes are missing, on/off knob, and the far right knob have been replaced, but otherwise it looks to be all original. Unfortunately there is no schematic, model, or serial number that I've seen so far...

We'd love to restore this radio to its former glory, so hopefully I can pick up a few hints and tips in the forum here.

[denver]

You can go hear http://philcoradio.com/gallery/index.htm look for your model . Then if you find it go hear to get schematic http://www.nostalgiaair.org
Then for tubes ect go to http://www.vacuumtubesinc.com .
Kent.

[Guest]

That's where I found the radio I was a little confused because it shows a picture of the radio we have, but it says:
"THE HIGHBOY (MODELS 30, 41 & 96)"
"Model 96 highboy shown; Models 30 & 41 highboy cabinets are identical."

I would guess it was a Model 96, but without seeing a picture of the mentioned Model 30, and Model 41 I didn't want to jump to any conclusions.

Thanks for the links, I appreciate it! I can compare the radio circuit to the 3 schematics at least, and figure out which one I have, so that's a decent start, and we definitely need tubes, Thanks! I was hoping someone would still make them.

[hotrod]

The models 30,41, and 96 all use the same cabinet and look the same. They have a different chassis inside. The model 30 was a farm radio and used batteries (A, B and C batteries. The model 96 is a Nine tube AC powered radio. The model 40 is a 6 tube DC powered radio. In some parts of the country DC was the power you got out of your wall outlet at this time.

If it is a 96 it should sound really good with push pull 45 tubes. However, these tubes are rather expensive because people into high end tube audio gear like them. I have a GE H31 that I got without tubes years ago and I still haven't got around to fixing it because of the price of these tubes. Also, in these early radios a lot of mechanical parts are made of pot metal that often breaks. Depending on your electronic experience it might be better to get some practice working on a few cheaper radios before trying to fix this one electronically.

Rod

[Chuck Schwark]

You can go hear http://philcoradio.com/gallery/index.htm look for your model . Then if you find it go hear to get schematic http://www.nostalgiaair.org
Then for tubes ect go to http://www.vacuumtubesinc.com .
Kent.

Denver,

You have obviously overlooked the Philco schematic
photocopy service available through my website, The
Philco Repair Bench at the URL below.



Chuck

[denver]

This guy sold me 45,s for 16.00 each good tubes http://www.genekidd.com has other tubes half price.

[hotrod]

I can tell you that getting the 11x17 schematic from Chuck is well worth it and you get a lot of other service information as well.

Thanks for the link to the tubes Denver.

Rod