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Old 09-03-2004, 03:30 PM
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Philco 89B Cathedral

Hi Everyone,

Here's a picture of my most recent aquisition, a Philco cathedral type radio.

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Old 09-03-2004, 03:35 PM
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Still, a very nice radio!

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Old 09-03-2004, 08:58 PM
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Looking sharp!

I had that model before, in fact I had just about every Philco made and then sold most of them to Radio Daze in one lot when I got into audio, save my 84B cathedral, and my 89 console. In fact Ron Ramirez, author of the Philco book, has a few of the pieces that I ended up selling. Heck, I even had the model 5 shortwave adapter piece for the Philco 90!

Definitely not the original grillecloth, but you can get excellent repro from as I remember www.grillecloth.com . If you need tips on stretching it, let me know, I've done more than my share, worst was on a Philco 39-116X, had a grille the size of two pillowcases
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Old 09-04-2004, 11:12 AM
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Thanks for the link! It looks like they have the "treadplate" pattern that I often see on this model, and I will probably order some of it when the time comes. That must have been quite a collection you had! I bought a copy of the Ramirez book when I got my Philco, and was very impressed with it. Philco was definitely a breed apart from the rest.

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Old 09-04-2004, 11:18 AM
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While I am not into Radios that is one sweet looking cathedral ya got there. Where did you get it from.

One of these days I will stumble upon one in that kind of shape and it will definitely be staying with me.

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Old 09-04-2004, 01:12 PM
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Hi Grumpy,

I will be rebuilding the bakelite units eventually, and replacing some of the tubes, which should get it going again.

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Old 09-04-2004, 02:27 PM
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Wonderful Philco...congrats on your cathedral radio. I'd love to own at least one cathedral, a tombstone, and a console to complete my small collection of tube radios (the '33 Emerson-Ingraham Model 25A mantle radio still being my favorite). There's an early to mid '30s RCA Victor R5 or R6 Radiolette at a local antique shop, but it's $175 and not in the best of shape cosmetically, although all its knobs, tubes, and labels are intact, along with its original grille cloth. If I had the extra cash, I'd buy it and ship it off to my dad who restores antique radios on the side...from what I've told him, he assures me it would clean up just fine!

Anyhow, good luck with your Philco restoration. I think Philco and Zenith cathedrals are the most beautiful around.
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Matter of fact, I have an autographed copy of Ron Ramirez' book. In fact I believe he's registered on AK, I think as Philco Restorer.
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Old 09-05-2004, 12:17 PM
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To each his own, I guess, but not the look I'm going for.

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