My new project. Dumont Television

[Old1625]

Chances are good that those 'lytics were replaced; the picture just looks too darned good. You could do what I do, and just make sure it is supervised when it's operating, and get ready to shut 'er down if things start getting strange. The set may work fine when cold, and start to fall apart when it heats up.

[Jeffhs]

I agree with old1625 -- the picture on your DuMont set looks almost perfect. I'd keep that set if I were you. Like Zeniths, they don't make DuMont TVs like yours anymore (the DuMont Corporation has been out of business for decades, although I do remember seeing the DuMont name being used [under license] on some 19" portables as late as the 1970s).


I never saw a DuMont round-tube TV with the separate FM tuning dial until now. In fact, the only other DuMont TV I ever saw in my life was, IIRC, an RA-112 console, 35-some years ago. That set had the famous DuMont Inputuner which tuned continuously from 54 to 216 MHz, with FM smack-dab in the middle of the dial. (The tuning eye was in the same spot on the tuning scale, and the FM band was clearly marked with the letters "FM" directly above it.) As this set only had one tuning dial and knob for both high- and low-band VHF TV and FM, I don't think the dial drive was that complicated--no more so than the dial cord in the better radios of the period.

Now I'm wondering. Since these DuMont sets had FM and also a very good audio system (your console looks like it has at least one good-sized speaker in the base of the cabinet), did they also have a phonograph input? As good as these TVs must have sounded for standard television shows and FM radio, I think it would have been a terrible mistake if the company had not included provisions for a phono turntable as well. These TVs have the potential to be all-in-one entertainment centers (albeit oldish, of course) if they do have the phono input.

[mattdavala]

Isn't there a turntable in the pull out drawer? My Dumont had its turntable stolen out of it. What brand turntable is it?

Best regards,
Matt Davala

[batterymaker]

If it were a Bradford, it should be an RCA 45 player, probably an RP-168 motorboard. But I've now noticed that this isn't a Bradford, so disregard my post. I'm a memory, forget me.....:-)