Fun Philco 54-1423 find
 

As found, for $20 in a hannibal, MO antique store:

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Was told that the turntable worked but the radio didn't. No stylus in the TT.


After about 20 minutes of lovin:
I freed up the radio tuning with a dab of oil at the right places.

Since it was plugged in recently (within the last 6 mos), I gave it a quick variac (over a minute or so) and the turntable spun, sounded like it needed a new idler, the autofunctions seemed to work okay, if a tiny bit sluggish, but no radio. No sound, no nuthin. Recap time!

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Looks like it's been partially recapped in recent memory, as well....

Do the tubes light? Is there plate voltage?

That's a nice-looking cabinet and in great shape. Philco skimped on the speaker, though. If it were mine when I got it going, I'd look at cutting a new mounting board and mounting a 6 x 9" or 5 x 7" speaker. Looks like one or the other would fit.

Not sure yet. Will dig into it later this week once I get all the caps necessary to recap it.

I agree. I might just do an external speaker or an internal one just sitting in there.

Someone took care of that radio :thmbsp:

That is a nice find. What store did you find that in? I am only bout 18 miles from Hannibal?

Really elegant "Machine Age" type design...

Worked on one of those. Changer design is pretty bullet proof. I think it uses little flat rubber belts to drive various sized pulleys to change speed. Electronics package is a bit crammed, but is you basic 5 tube transformerless design.

I strongly suggest the use of an isolation transformer - especially if you're doing any live troubleshooting with test instruments.