philharmonic 8200 tabletop tv

[John Folsom]

Riders TV index lists a Philharmonic Model 8200 in Vol. 14-1, but I can't access that volume.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

Riders TV index lists a Philharmonic Model 8200 in Vol. 14-1, but I can't access that volume.

It looks like an early version of a Tele-King, the way the power transformer is mounted under the chassis.
Riders always had the coverage mixed in their manuals. They never followed by year. I know that vol. 14 covers 1954-1955.
That model was built a lot earlier.

[radarv]

If I had to guess year 1949-51??? no tuner klunker, Just a tunning cap like a radio.

[Phil Nelson]

I would be interested in seeing a photo of that tuner when you get to it. A very few TVs used air variable caps for tuning, including the Pilot TV-37 and the unidentified chassis used in my Scott 800 combo.

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

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

It looks like an early version of a Tele-King, the way the power transformer is mounted under the chassis.
Riders always had the coverage mixed in their manuals. They never followed by year. I know that vol. 14 covers 1954-1955.
That model was built a lot earlier.

At the time of the original thread, I didn't think about Meck.

[vortalexfan]

Another thing about mine is that mine is definitely newer than the OP's Philharmonic TV and thus maybe a different escutcheon because mine actually has a detent tuner in it and not a variable air capacitor tuner like the OP's has and plus I found the original inspection tag inside mine and it had a date of Feb. 1950 stamped on it.

Another thing is that apparently the OP's TV didn't have its original knobs for its tuner on it which means that I'm looking for a completely different channel selector knob than what's on the OP's TV.

I found a few knobs at a webside called Merry Tunes Antique Radio Parts that looked kind of like the knobs I needed for this TV.