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12-26-2019, 10:24 PM
So I picked up this radio with another Philco purchase and am at a complete loss as to its manufacturer or other details. Can anyone help in identifying this lil’ guy? I want to get schematics but I don’t know where to track it down because there’s no information whatsoever. My only clue is the “Hollywood “ dial.
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12-26-2019, 10:31 PM
Photos please.

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12-26-2019, 11:21 PM
Invisible picture...
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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12-27-2019, 04:03 PM
        Okay, don't know why I couldn't load pics from phone so I finally got to a desktop. Here are the photos
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12-27-2019, 05:43 PM
Methinks it's a run of the mill post war ac/dc set and not manufactured by Philco.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
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12-27-2019, 06:37 PM
Yeah, I couldn't find any markings of any kind indicating its manufacturer. Sylvania tubes, carbon resistors, wax/paper caps,. . .none of it leads me to what it is. Thanks for your response.
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12-28-2019, 04:37 PM
Can you post the tube numbers please? It is probably an EMI radio and I know I have seen its cabinet before.

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12-28-2019, 04:49 PM
    When I get home from work will post the tube numbers. I am going to include this picture, not that I think it will trigger any new clues, but notice the blue wire on the electrolytic is severed and not used. . .this is why I want to identify this thing and get the schematic.
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12-28-2019, 06:43 PM
From the look of things, I'd say that DuMont multi section is a replacement for the original filter condenser, The other condensers look older.
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12-28-2019, 11:51 PM
Gilfillan used that cabinet.
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12-29-2019, 02:37 PM
Just a guess without a tube list http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/572/M0008572.htm  Page 3of3
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12-29-2019, 03:55 PM
Mrmurr's appears to have the octals.   Icon_idea
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12-30-2019, 06:41 PM
Octals?
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12-30-2019, 06:54 PM
Thanks much! It certainly does look like a Gilfillan 56B! My only question is the dial, but since it looks as though it had been worked on before, I wonder if it's just something non- OEM.
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12-30-2019, 07:54 PM
   
Beitmans from 1948 shows speaker and tuner correct location model 56 ABCDE
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