Got around to cleaning up the one Setchell Carlson, came out great so far
The labels behind the tuning knobs were just paper, and were crumbling like papyrus scrolls. I pieced them together from 3 sets, scanned the image, and made very acceptable duplicates. Turns out the left dial is an AM radio. The Garrard turntable on this one cleaned up nicely, runs well and maintains proper speed.
Weirdly though, S-C didn't label the controls on the front of the set so I had no idea what each one did, as the restoration hasn't begun on them yet. Bought a S-C owners manual on ebay for a couple bucks. Check this out, bass and treble controls! Only other tube set I know that has them are the Zenith High Fidelity rectangular colors of the 66-67 era, although I'm sure there were others. None that I know of this early though.
11-04-2014, 05:58 AM
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