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Got a Minerva...
...Ystrday at an Anty-Kew Shoppe in Morristown that was closing. Nice wooden case tabletop, works, needs controls de-oxited, the nice civilian what had it removed ALL the labels/tube charts, Thanks, Dude ! But it has a tone control, & just looking at it, I'd figger LATE pre-war/postwar. The Dial Glass is flaking BADLY, I was doing good to tell its a Minerva. I needed it like I need another Whole in my Head, but it was a pretty day, LA & I were out having fun rummaging thru Anty-Kue shoppes, & I got it for $35. Anybody got any info on Minerva ? I know they were in LA, from the dial glass, but that's about it.
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Update-I looked at the dial glass a little more closely-Again, it is flaking BADLY, but I can make out "Minerva Corp Of America", NOT "Los Angeles" like I previously thought. This might end up bein' Fun, tracking this 'un down !
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I put "minerva" into the search index at Cape Old Radio[ and came up with this list.
Any idea what the tube lineup is ? 1 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model 114, Volume–Page: 15-1 2 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model 410, Volume–Page: 19-3 3 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model 411, Volume–Page: 19-3 4 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model 729 Portopal, Volume–Page: 16-1 5 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model L702, Volume–Page: 15-8 6 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W117 Early, Volume–Page: 15-2 7 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W117 Late, Volume–Page: 15-5 8 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W117-3, Volume–Page: 15-2 9 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W117-3, Volume–Page: 15-4 10 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W119, Volume–Page: 15-7 11 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W119A, Volume–Page: 15-7 12 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W702, Volume–Page: 15-8 13 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W702, Volume–Page: 18-1 14 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W725, Volume–Page: 19-1 15 :: Minverva Corp. of America, Model W729 Portopal, Volume–Page: 18-4 Found some at Nostalgia air too: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/resources/258/T0000258.htm |
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I have two Minerva Tropic Masters and a Porta Pal. The Tropic Masters have kind of a different approach to the bias circuit. Also strange to me, in uses a solid wire buss for the B+. It's easy to make a mistake when working on it, thinking that is a B- return. I don't think they were in business very long.
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