I left my "wanted - dead or alive" poster with pics of a 58 color RCA, 48 BW and Motorola HiFi at the local Habitat ReStore.

A kitchen contractor wanted to drop this off with the usual stuff they donate. The manager told him it looked too rough and then gave him my number. What a partner in crime!:D I had no idea what it was but it "had tubes" that was enough for me.

This is what I saw when I went to pick it up.
176308 easily cleaned up

176309 finish restorable :yes:

176310 :sigh: R/P missing


This 1958 model has two 6V6 for outputs and has a fully-sealed speaker compartment. I did not get in there yet. Wondering what the presence control does if there is only one output transformer.:scratch2:

The bad news is the record player is missing. I have several stereo units (2-mags/colaro, 1 Emerson Glaser-steers, 1-1978 VofM) that would fit but it needs only be mono and Zenith.

Pretty sure I have a Zenith TT in the boneyard, I'll see what it is and get back to you. I think it says Tonal 1 on the arm, but I can't remember anything else about it or where it came from.

Great, if you're interested in a ship-trade, the ones I have are stereo. I even have a 1970 Zenith TT also. All of them are complete but need something I'm sure.

Those used a Voice of Music built changer with the cobra tonearm. I picked up a '57 model that's in a different cabinet; but, the dial and controls are the same.

Here's mine and what the record changer should look like:

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Pretty sure I have a Zenith TT in the boneyard, I'll see what it is and get back to you. I think it says Tonal 1 on the arm, but I can't remember anything else about it or where it came from.

The Tonal 1 is a GE changer. :nono:

Okey dokey. Doesn't look like the one pictured above, anyway, and I'm reasonably sure it came out of a discarded console, but not of that age. Probably something 60s-70s. Wondered whether I should even keep it - is the Tonal 1 any good at all?

Presence will be your midrange tone control. Brings out vocalists, etc.

Okey dokey. Doesn't look like the one pictured above, anyway, and I'm reasonably sure it came out of a discarded console, but not of that age. Probably something 60s-70s. Wondered whether I should even keep it - is the Tonal 1 any good at all?
Most are good, as long as they work! GE, bought out Glaser-Steers, in the mid 60's.

I,m going to transplant and build a slide-out for this Zenith changer, though its from a 1970 console I had to part out.176547

BTW, I am in the housecall repair business again, going later today to look at a 1965 RCA console's record player. :scratch2: all you need to do is fix something old for someone (usually much older) and the calls just come in, even years later.:yes: