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That thing is a MONSTER! It's actually a prewar set, which was halted before production and held over for the '46 model year. I had one which was rescued from the home of Lon Cheney Jr. when they were bulldozing it about 20 years ago. The DuMont was so heavy, that the developer's cleanout crew just left in the house to get bulldozed. Luckily, someone on the demolition crew recognized it, and it was saved. I got it working nicely, but loaned/gave it to a collector friend due to space problems. WATCH OUT: That set has a direct HV power supply, which will deliver a fatal amount of current, AND it has big enough oil-filled caps to pose a fatal shock hazard as well...
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And....more! Bear in mind that it hasn't been cleaned up, and as you can see, it's still in the van
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06-24-2014, 11:49 AM
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06-24-2014, 11:58 AM
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What a fantastic find! That is a rare, rare bird right there. Awesome set that should be restored to its original glory and end up in a museum!!
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06-24-2014, 12:38 PM
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Wow, incredible! I bet that thing caused the 1965 blackout.
Definitely worthy of restoring. I thought only bakelite sets attracted white paint splatters, but I guess this one did too. Lucky it wasn't used as a prop because somebody might have taken the chassis out and dumped them to lighten it.
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06-24-2014, 01:23 PM
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Great save Tim. There are relatively vert few of us who don't view these as "old junk". My Sherwood came from NY State as well about 4 years ago and is also an "A". There was one for sale in NJ several years ago but the guy wanted way too much money for it, don't know it's fate. My set also had the large schematics with it so I guess they were provided with the units. I see yours was upgraded at some point with a Garrard multi-speed changer as the original was a Webster-Chicago model 56 that only played 78's. My PS chassis has 203960 engraved in it.
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I like to fall in love with the radio!
 So many knobs, so many push buttons!  TV-collector 
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Fantastic! I think I wrote the text on Radiomuseum about it not being known if any RA-101's other than a few Westminsters have survived. I'll have to update the text now that I know a few Sherwood's have also survived. Is anyone aware of any other RA-101's out there other than Westminsters and these particular Sherwood's? I believe there are 3 or 4 Westminsters (one of which is mine).
These sets are so rare, unique, and technically elaborate that they deserve a level of notoriety higher than they seem to get. The motorized tuning with wrap-around dial is quite something to behold! I've got my Westminster up and running with a 19DP4 in place of the original 20BP4. The Sherwood used a 15AP4, as you have pointed out. Last edited by Tom Albrecht; 06-24-2014 at 02:01 PM.
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06-24-2014, 02:03 PM
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Given all the bands and that CBL push button how much ya wana bet it's 'cable ready' too.
Glad that is far away from me else I'd have a harder time resisting making an offer.
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06-24-2014, 02:08 PM
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I think the CBL button is simply for a Canadian AM station. The buttons on that particular chassis would only be for BC or SW.
This one does indeed have the 60 Hz HV supply. I had not seen a pic of that yet.
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06-24-2014, 02:12 PM
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Another thing that's interesting to note is that Buffalo didn't get television until mid-1948. Since the stations on the pushbuttons indicate that this set is native to the area, it must have been purchased long before there was anything to watch, and from out of the area (presumably).
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I JUST SO HAPPEN to possess that deflection chassis and perhaps the signal chassis too !! With line-powwred doubled HV and all--from a BIG power tranny--JUST for HV. The ONLY line-powered HV set I have ever had--so far.
I got it at the ETF some years back. it was part of some "built-in" deal, all mounted in a steel rack. I am AMAZED that when my garage was robbed--that it did not get stolen. Probably it was too HEAVY for the idiots to steal--but i has a LOT of metal in it , as you know. The audio amp, which I had seperated to sell--DID indeed get stolen--but that is all. I got it, feeling that somewhere--sometime--someone would need parts from it.
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Not NEAR as dangerous as a Microwave oven. Surely you have worked on those before. they have at LEAST 100 TIMES the current rate that this does !!
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