I picked up a Fairbanks Morse TV will have fun restoring it

[courcywill]

Fairbanks morse model 4TW215 the cabinet is in a rough shape, but the chassis and crt looking good, now I have to find the schematics for it

[Tube TV]

Nice, I've got a 1954 Crosley that looks something like that, exept mine has a metal stand .

[decojoe67]

Nice mid-century set, especially in the blonde finish, but what really makes it interesting is that odd old name on a TV set! I didn't even know the company made them.

[Electronic M]

They made radios especially farm radios IIRC...

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

They made radios especially farm radios IIRC...

They actually started in 1823 in Vermont as an ironworks company and then expanded to a slew of devices and equipment. That what makes it so interesting to see that old name on a '50's TV.

[jr_tech]

Did they ever sell that model in the US?

jr

[Tube TV]

Courcywill, Look for a number on the chassis , as I might have a schematic and alignment info for it in my RCC manuals.
I can't say for certain that I have one but I have a some for various Canadian sets in this era. IIRC I did see Fairbanks Morse on a few of the manuals.

[DavGoodlin]

That is a very interesting set, mainly due to its origin north of the border. Morse name was likely a reference to Samuel and the code.

Out on the road a day ago, I found an early 1960's Morse console stereo record player ( before Electrophonic was added) that had a Matsushita-made tube receiver chassis, series heater with a pair of 30A5 single-ended outputs. BSR record changer. Cabinet looked of Japanese manufacture, did not take teh rain too well. Speakers looked non-Japanese but liek teh cabinet, equally trashed.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

That is a very interesting set, mainly due to its origin north of the border. Morse name was likely a reference to Samuel and the code...

No the company started way before radio was invented. They made things like commercial scales. The names are just last names of the early founders. They started making radios in 1934 after buying the Audiola company. Problems made them close shop for radio manufacturing in 1939, even though they developed a reputation for good quality radios. Their stint making TV's was short lived, making a set like the one featured quite an oddity. Think of who would choose a Fairbanks-Morse TV when their was great RCA's, Philco's, and Zenith's!

[Tube TV]

It would be interesting to know if they actually made this set, or if it was made under contract by another firm like Electrohome. Delicraft was a cabinet manufacturer that had close ties with Electrohome in the late 40's and through the 50's and done some cabinet work .
Around this time Electrohome was building all the Viking badged radios and TV's for Eatons department stores.
Funny, the tuning knobs almost look to have a late 40's Admiral look to them.

Tv history has the original ad.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Tube TV

Courcywill, Look for a number on the chassis , as I might have a schematic and alignment info for it in my RCC manuals.
I can't say for certain that I have one but I have a some for various Canadian sets in this era. IIRC I did see Fairbanks Morse on a few of the manuals.

I'm very certain, Admiral of Canada built their sets.
Our family had a F-M refrigerator in the early 40's. In the later 30's, Philco bought their refrigeration business.

[MadMan]

Those do look like Admiral knobs.

[Tube TV]

The thing that I find the most interesting with the knobs is that Admiral was using those in around 1949,50,51, this set would probably have been made in 1955,56.
If it was indeed made by admiral, they were probably using up so surplus stock from
The early 50's sets like the 12X12 and the small bakelite console sets.

Does anyone have a Admiral with a copper plated chassis? This looks to be copper plated....

[courcywill]

From what I can see on the 1954 Beitman Television servicing information publication the chassis looks like an Admiral 22F2 or 22M2 chassis.

[Tube TV]

Sure does look the same.