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Originally Posted by holmesuser01
You have a turntable? Im so jealous!!
Your set might be a Tarrytown.
We need to find you a set of knobs for your set now. Mine has all knobs, so I can take pics of mine for you as needed.
As I said, my cabinet is mahogany, so dark. The knobs are almost black/brown with gold inserts.
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Yea, It is the Tarrytown model. Its a very good looking set and I've gotten good comments about it from non electronics minded friends I have shown it to. The pics don't show it very well but there are a few scuffs here and there on the cabinet and a few chips in the veneer. The left side has a big crack that will have to dealt with also. I have a coworker who's dad has a business refinishing antique furniture, so when I get the set working, I'll probably turn it over to him to fix up the cabinet and possibly build some reproduction doors. The turntable is pretty nice. It's a three speed changer. The tonearm is broken where it attaches to the base though. Yes at some point pretty soon I will certainly be looking for some knobs. If anyone has any leads on some, please let me know.
Today I took the chassis out and began cleaning it up. I also got out the dirt devil and de-cobwebbed the cabinet. It's going to clean up quite nice. I also tested all the tubes. Found 5 with weak emission, and one with bad grid leakage. I know this set has got to have a lot of hours on it. There isn't a single DuMont tube in there. Most of them are Tung-Sol, with GE and RCA coming in second and third. Interestingly the newest date code on any of the tubes was 1966.