KLH Model Twenty-One FM table radio.
 

Just got this beauty from Dave (Grumpy). I believe Mike (Punker-X) had re-aligned and re-capped it in recent years. All I know is it looks and sounds wonderful. It's pulling in stations 100+ miles away cleanly with just it's built-in line cord antenna! I'm a happy camper! :) http://antiqueradio.org/KLHModelTwentyOne21FMRadio.htm

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...6&d=1317829276

My Zenith C845 (the same as the radio in my avatar) also pulls in FM stations from great distances (I live about 80 miles from the Pennsylvania line and regularly hear FM stations, but no AMs, from the Erie area), also using only the line cord antenna. The radio sounds great as well, but that doesn't surprise me a bit; after all, all Zeniths of that period (1940s-'60s) were built for DX (distance reception) and high fidelity sound. I wonder if KLH got the idea for the Model Twenty One from Zenith's 800 series of hi-fi radios of the 1950s and early sixties, or vice-versa. :scratch2:

I'm jealous.

Nice Radio, Lovely "still life" pix!
Kloss really was a great innovator and his products show it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kloss
jr

Nice set. I had one that had sat outside for a while but it still worked and sounded beautiful.

Easily in my book the best USA made Hi-Fi table radio (though JeffHS's model of Zenith is another favorite of mine) Sound quality and sensitivity is very superb.

Love that little KLH!

I have that KLH model too, I need to put in new speaker fabric and a need the tuning and volume control knob too but it works quite well.

NowhereMan, that grille cloth looks kinda plasticky and it might (after removing speaker, etc.) respond to a foamy cleaning right on the radio, without shrinking. If not, I might have a piece similar to it you can have. Mine has some gold threads in it but can't tell if the KLH has them from the pic.

Thanks, I'll have to take a look at it, I might need a new cloth piece.

As mentioned in my article (referenced in first post), the Twenty One grille "cloth" is plastic, not really fabric. I cleaned mine with a soft children's toothbrush and diluted Goof-Off. You could probably use any mild cleanser. See the article for more details.

Not so easy for the earlier Model Eight. I'm working on one of those right now. The fabric grille cloth is stained and difficult to work with. It's glued to the solid Masonite speaker board, so removal doesn't look possible. Cleaning in place might work in theory, but many fabrics shrink after wetting. We'll see . . . .

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

To clean fabric grille cloth, you could try K2R spot lifter. It's a cleaning fluid with chalk suspended in in. Shake well, spray on, let dry half an hour, brush or vacuum off the chalk which has absorbed the dissolved dirt. Mask non-cloth areas. Test first.