Meet the Wards Airline Stereo-Danish Modern

[crevicetool]

Sorry for the crummy picture....

it's from my phone....

Thought you guys might want to see this one. It was already sold and waiting for pick-up this weekend, and there were no tags on it to say how much it had sold for -

I didn't know what it was at first, and I tried to open the "doors" at the top when I decided to open the "actual" door to discover this was a Hi-Fi unit. Duh. Those were speakers! Anyway, It's a Motorola, and I thought a very smart looker too. It (was) at Kudzu in Decatur Georgia. I stop in there at least once a week

 

[artcurus]

@crevicetool

*drool*

 

[tolivac]

TUBES!!!!TUBES!!!TUBES!!!LOVE 'EM--that is why I work at this Short wave transmitter plant.BIG TUBES-the GLOW!!!With these absolutely NO TOUCH!!!Besides being hot they have 15-30KV on the plates.The tubes are behind double interlocked doors.To get to them-all power has to be turned off-and main breakers feeding the Tx opened to get the access keys.
Magnavox CONCERT GRAND-My Mom had one--loved working on it and listening to it.Really sounded super when a CD player was connected into the Aux inputs.So remember that forest of 6V6's.Biamped-one pair of 6V6 fed the tweeter-the others fed the 15" cast frame woofer.She gave the unit to Goodwill.Hope it found another nice home.Often those Hi-fis were broken down and the speakers sold to "G" Fiddle guys.Yep--Keep those FIREBOTTLES glowing!!!

 

[112561]

My first picture is a W.T. Grant's "Bradford" ca

The second one I knew is Magnavox, I just threw that on. The seller claimed it was a solid teak cabinet. I am a "self described Magnavox expert". Strictly in my own mind. I've been following their products for 45 years.

 As far as I know, Magnavox never used solid teak. They only used veneers or stains on the wood the cabinets were constructed with. Well, even having said that, I think my 1957 Magnavox console is solid mahogany. It is definitely not a veneer. The 1959 Magnavox is definitely a dark walnut veneer, the blonde 1959 Maggie twins are photo finished, the 1955 Stromberg-Carlson is stain on hardwood. Here's a General Electric "Richland".

 

[firedome]

there used to be a "firebottles" web site

run by an engineer guy at some University named Larry Roe, I think it was, with TONS of great tube info and links, wonder what happened to it.

Have gradually whittled down the tube stash from 1000+ to a couple hundred spares kept to feed our vintage Hi-Fi/stereo stuff, the old NOS is so much better than the new Russian and Chinese stuff. Just sold the last single plate RCA 2A3. I'd love a DaneMod console, but She Who Must Be Obeyed wouldn't tolerate the last nicely styled MidMod Motorola 3 channel that briefly graced the LR. She doesn't mind vintage components on the shelf though, TG.

 

[davey7]

Before my parents got their KLH bookshelf system they had a big console that went to my grandparents who likely never, or barely, used it. I wanted to take it when we moved my grandmother but my dad insisted that her neighbor get it, since she'd given him a hard before we moved here. oh well. It wasn't as nice as all these Danish Modern units.

That bookshelf unit is GREAT!

 

[tolivac]

One of the workers I worked with In Wash DC plant was heavy into "Firebottles" as he called them.He collected radios-had to build another building to put them in.A man that retired from the transmitter site several years ago had an extensive radio collection and shop in a neighboring town.Was fun to go to.In the meantime I work at this transmitter plant which is a "museam" on its own.The equipment here is 65,50,and 30 yrs old.We keep it going.Tubes for the oldest rigs are still available--but for how long?And these large tubes are water cooled.Their plumbing entails a lot of work.And if the water goes to the wrong place-----LOT OF WORK!!!We salvaged parts from the neighboring plant that was closed in 2006.The state may buy it and turn the old site into a park.I used to operate those former transmitters.It a sad ,moldy scene there.You have to wear a mask to go there.
I STILL have boxes of tubes from TV sets that I put into the attic after my move to here.Thought I gave them away.Same with VHS tapes.I keep the audio type tubes-they are more useful in these times.So remember those 2A3 tubes-most of the time saw them being used as "glass pass transistors"regulator pass tubes in power supplies.I also have a lot of tubes pulled from transmitters.EL34,6550,KT88 tubes would DRIVE these larger transmitter tubes-AM modulators.And the same tube type used as modulators in these transmitters was used in the RF power amplifiers.Saved the station on stocking of spares and you could get more life out of the tubes by rotating their positions.Did this with TV transmitters,too-a tube too tired for the visual stages would go to the aural stage.Then you could get a few more years out of it before going to a collector or the rebuild pile.Large tubes can be sent to the maker or another companies for rebuilding.They take the tube apart,and replace elements-esp fillament cathode and other parts if they are burnt up up.Sometimes the rebuid tubes work as good as new ones other times not.They are half the cost.

 

[lovestowash]

Crevicetool...

The Motorola @ Kudzu is identical to the one on CL...search "Motorola Stereo"...in McDonough for $100...listed September 30...same one?

If I only had the space...

George