Telefunken Gavotte

[omegaman]

I saw this on Phoenix CL and after a week I decided to get it. I seem to attract German tube radios from the 50's.

I think this is a 1957

I have a Blaupunkt console, a Grundig 3028 and now this beautiful Tele Gavotte

This radio works great, no hum, but I will recap it anyway

I have not had time to do any work on it yet

One button is non functional
The off button does not turn off the radio
The EM84 does not work

All Telefunken tubes

[Ed in Tx]

Great radios. I have the Gavotte 55 my father bought new in 1955-56, had it in his office playing background music for 15 years or so then it came to the house. Was my first indoctrination to crisp hi-fi FM audio when I was about 4 or 5 years old! He would bring it home on weekends so I could tune around, and hook up an old salvaged turntable to its phono input and play records.

[omegaman]

When I got this telefunken Gavotte on the bench, it had three issues

1. BASS key was broken and hanging loose (see picture)
2. OFF did not turn the unit off
3. Magic eye did not perform

Took it apart, Knobs were really tough, removed the glass face, pull the plastic white background plate

1. The BASS key was just NOT TIGHT. Tightened it up mini bolt and it is perfect, reassemble
2. OFF button was not synced to the switch. Someone had pushed OFF really hard when it already was off, poping the key loose from the AC switch. Connected key and switch and it is now perfect
3. Tried other EM84 tubes known to work. Got the schematic and started testing resistors. FIRST resistor I check was short OPEN. Checked the others and they all measured close enough. Replaced the one 470k 1/2 watt resistor and the magic eye works perfectly

Victory!

The output tube is a ECL84 so that really dates this unit to 1962. It has more plastic then earlier versions but they probably had all the kinks worked out with this production version by then.

Sounds really really sweet. Loud and clear. Fully functional

Five completely original Telefunken tubes

Hmm, maybe I should recap it....

[Electronic M]

I have a Gavotte 7, and I find it to be a very good set performance wise.

Tom C.