As with most old cloths, it had faded somewhat in the areas exposed to light, but not so much as to merit replacement. The spring counterbalances the weight of the tuning capacitor as the plates rise up, allowing you to accurately rest the tuner at any position. (20% off), Sale Price 505.66 Original Price 29.76 To do it, you first fashion a simple coil of wire, about three loops and roughly six inches across. Two important points need to be covered for a I'd not only give him his price in a heartbeat, but add another hundred to have it shipped across country. Every effort was taken to reproduce original look of this fine radio. 1938 Zenith Radio - Etsy Check out our 1938 zenith radio selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. THE RADIO WORKS. Before doing this, I manually turned the tuning capacitor up, putting its spring under tension. In hindsight, another alternative would have been to cut and reglue the new belt that I bought from AES. 708.45, 885.57 Inside the box are power-supply components, including the rectifier tube and (for battery operation) a vibrator. Find out more in our Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. Maybe I'll bite. My favorite tombstone radio is the 1937 era Silvertone model 4465 as shown here. The blue arrow points to the shaft around which the belt is loosely placed. Given the model number, a repairman Return to PHOTO Index: PHOTO COLLECTION INDEX, NEXT PAGE >>> 1938-1942 PLASTIC CABINET RADIOS. Needless to say I would not take no for an answer and kept telling him "I wanted to purchase the radio". Instead, I simply disconnected the old filters and left the cans in place to preserve the radio's original appearance. Jasona5150. Original Price 561.84 You can see it looked okay. The dial pointers were not easy to remove. It is currently Mar Sat 04, 2023 11:02 am, http://allentown.craigslist.org/clt/4574348722.html, http://www.ebay.com/itm/371078070791?ss 1423.l2649. (XG5) ~ ZENITH RADIO CO. CHICAGO. Put the radio right next to your favorite chair, relax and enjoy! To my delight, the belt worked perfectly! Before making the adjustments, I used a digital radio to double-check the signal generator's setting. (reads thread) Heh, could you imagine what the Walton sets would cost if everyone found them desirable? Number 2 shows the signal ("hot") lead of the generator connected to the grid lead of the 6D8 tube. Not really necessary for alignment, but I power all of my radios on the workbench through the variac, which in turn is powered through an isolation transformer for safety. Originally sold for $69.95 (higher on the West coast}. The radio apparently had not been restored (by a collector). The number of tubes will be between 4 and 16 (the Antique Radio Forums Index Category Online Auctions and Sales Forum, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests. Connected in parallel with the radio's speaker leads. For this particular adjustment, the signal generator was set to 456 kilohertz to adjust the radio's I.F. Introduced in June of 1937 for the 1838 model year. I used Citri-Strip, an easy to use, non-smelly gel stripper. After I had a good color match, I sprayed one coat of clear lacquer on the top, then removed the masking and the grille cloth to expose the whole cabinet. This three-band, nine-tube Art Deco radio is completely restored and retrofitted with Bluetooth. 590.38, 737.97 Spain | English (US) | (EUR), remembering account, browser, and regional preferences, remembering privacy and security settings, personalized search, content, and recommendations, helping sellers understand their audience, showing relevant, targeted ads on and off Etsy, remember your login, general, and regional preferences, personalize content, search, recommendations, and offers. I have the 12 tube version pictured on another page. This is true; it is push-pull, but it is a push-pull audio stage that makes paralleled 6G6s look like an improvement, It is currently Mar Sat 04, 2023 11:02 am, Screen Shot 2022-12-15 at 3.56.15 PM.png [ 195.48 KiB | Viewed 1876 times ], Complete-View-Master-Waltons.jpg [ 637.7 KiB | Viewed 1821 times ], Before front.jpg [ 394.63 KiB | Viewed 1467 times ], https://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/d/sp 99687.html, https://www.ebay.com/itm/234814319050?h R9jJru6hYQ, http://www.tuberadioland.com/silvertone4465_main.html. Original Price 378.83 During the restoration process these areas were repaired. left or leading side of the model number using For instance, my radio doesn't tune to 456 kilohertz, but it does tune to 912, double the target frequency.) a "Walton Radio" as an example (12S232). The tuner on this radio is well engineered and quite interesting. Connect the signal generator's leads to the ends of this loop and place it near the digital receiver. The following email snippet continues the tale: Fixing the voltage problem introduced a new glitch, however, as the following email explains. The next photo shows the second pulley underneath the chassis. 19.05, 23.81 Substituting larger filters reduced the hum to an acceptable level. Historical artifact. I restored and refinished one last year and was offered (and accepted) $450. (15% off), Sale Price 23.81 Craig. Many of the The one dial that was left showing/open is crazed, but I have a spare chassis to replace that one dial. The following photo shows the radio after I completed its restoration. Then I applied a bit of liquid spray starch. the radio was found. The chassis has the 7S232 stamp just above the power cord. Used to be on occasion you would see one or two. Antique Vintage 1938 Zenith Tombstone Radio Model 5S228 $83.03 11 bids $72.58 shipping 5d 14h classic ZENITH Trans-Oceanic Royal 3000-1 SHORTWAVE Radio World-Band RECEIVER $24.95 0 bids $28.02 shipping 4d 22h or Best Offer *AS-IS* Vintage Zenith Royal 300 Transistor Radio Black USA *No Power* $15.00 0 bids $12.45 shipping 6d 17h 15.18, 17.86 Number 1 shows the ground terminal of the generator connected to the ground terminal on the radio's antenna strip. A brand new NOS green eye tube was installed to dress up its playing and viewing appearance. Light and speaker functioning. This scheme allows the radio to work if a lamp burns out. I bought the Zenith it in December of 2012, after finding it on Craigslist. Numbers in the photo identify various components: This radio requires eleven separate alignment adjustments. The split-second pointer moves more rapidly than the main tuner, making one circuit of the entire dial when the main pointer moves about half an inch. A string-driven system is cheap to manufacture and easy to service, but strings can break or slip. The belt is made of layers of rubber-impregnated fabric, similar to the fan belt in your auto but much smaller. The fragile pointers seemed to be held on by friction and they were on very tight. Technical Specifications Number of Tubes 9 Perhaps chemicals were spilled on it or someone made an aborted attempt to refinish it. In 1927, Zenith introduced the first radio with push-button tuning, and in 1940 it broadcast the first FM radio station in the Midwest. The chassis and round tube shields are painted with an attractive copper-colored hammertone finish. This is now equipped with Tissot's new titanium-based alloy Nivachron balance spring. 350.10, 389.00 A final alignment was in order, particularly since I had already changed the alignment earlier. Not really. The radio's electronics were intact, but needed a complete overhaul. A good looking radio and the one I restored had great reception. The suffixes included: Zenith This is a Zenith 1938 Model 7-S-232, a 7 tube "Walton". Original Price 885.57 civilian radio production to enter the war effort. The stupid TV show that inspired the name " Walton" has been off the air for decades. 1995-2023 Philip I. Nelson, all rights reserved. Once everything was in place, trimming the belt and gluing it was pretty easy. Sellers looking to grow their business and reach more interested buyers can use Etsys advertising platform to promote their items. Those partners may have their own information theyve collected about you. 1938 Zenith Model 12S265 Restored Bluetooth Radio Art Deco About the Item This is a 1938 Zenith 12 tube model 12S265, Zenith's most famous and collectible year. Caution: A novice should never try to align a radio "by ear." Chr. obtained an export model. It was (and still is) missing two knobs. When all the color work was done, I sprayed on two final coats of clear lacquer, lightly buffing the last coat with #0000 steel wool to achieve a satin finish that doesn't look "too new.". Since the beginning of my radio hobby, I had always wanted a '38 Shutterdial. The brand is often referred to as the watchmaker's watchmaker due to its storied history as a movement manufacturer for other blue-chip watch companies. The controls are quite simple. Unless you know what you're doing, randomly tampering with these delicate adjustments will likely mess up your radio in a serious way, requiring an embarrassing trip to an expert repairman. There was ample room to mount the new units underneath, so I did not attempt to conceal these inside the original capacitor cans on top of the chassis. It had an original purchase price of $169.95 and boasts the following list of features:- Motorized tuning & foreign station re-locator 12-inch electrodynamic speaker with "acoustic adapter" Push-pull 6V6 output stage producing a room- Turning off personalized advertising opts you out of these sales. Learn more in our Privacy Policy., Help Center, and Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. Zenith sold a ton of them when new. Learn more. $2,995.00 SOLD Quantity Add to Cart We spared no expense to restore this gorgeous 1938 Zenith 9S232 tombstone radio known as 'The Waltons' because it starred in the 1970s TV series of the same name. The large gray and blue components near the center of the photo are the new filter capacitors. Zenith 1938 - 1940 Knob. $1,499.99 0 bids or Best Offer 1d 4h Local Pickup Radio, Zenith Deluxe Floor Wood Cabinet Console, Double-Wide, Scarce Vintage $845.00 or Best Offer The set has a nice finish on it too. Instead, they get rubber stock of the right diameter, cut it to the right length, wind the length around the pulleys, then super-glue the cut ends together. Those few short years came some big changes like the multiband Zenith Transoceanic portable, the hallmark of tube radio design; a real compact portable you can carry around by Sonora called the "Candid"; table radios and consoles with push button tuning and magic eye tuning; and the first practical application of electronic television with real tv channels demonstrated at 1939 New York, World's Fair by RCA, made this period one to remember. 15 tube Zenith radios are not common and easy to find, but this model is the highest production model produced for the 1938 season. After his military service, Miller returned to Hillsboro, Oregon, and worked for Meltebeke's Furniture repairing TV's and appliances. After I replaced the lamp, the radio played, but not very well. An interesting side note, Zenith did continue to But JLC has plenty of icons to its name, from the Reverso to the Polaris, and to only look at those models is to miss a serious value proposition by way of the Master Ultra Thin. Content is for presentation purposes only. year (1996). 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Go for it. The cabinet is simple but elegant, with a six-inch circular dial echoed by a circular design in the upper speaker grille. The cabinet was stripped of its original finish, lightly sanded, re-stained, grain filled and then sprayed with Mohawk sealer and lacquer. The bass from this console is unreal. Next is the tuning knob and the rightmost control is the bandswitch. A very nice farm set. The gaskets were about half the required length and twice the required thickness, but where there's a will, there's a way! In the following rear view, look at the big box on the right side of the chassis. better understanding of the model numbering scheme. The show rather trite, boring. Do not use the add to cart feature. A multitester, used to measure the radio's output during alignment. Zenith 12S267 1938 What a console! You can feel the spring wind up if you move the tuner manually with the belt disconnected. So I will wait. and they work just as well as square ones. Despite new filter capacitors, there was still too much background hum.
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