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Q: In what vintage television series did the above Motorola tv/phono combo appear?
A: The Patty Duke Show, Season 3 (1965-66).
If someone has the third year on DVD please check this and let me know if I am correct, I am runnig on memory only. It looks like the identical unit with a slightly different finish.
There are are several episodes where Patty is seen putting records on it.
In the first two years, Patty always used a portable stereo. When the show moved from New York to California for production, the third year, the Lane family got a new house and all new, and much nicer, furniture. No explanation given in any of the episodes. ( I guess Popo got a raise. ) For years I wondered what brand the tv/phono combo was.
So--thank you Louie!!
BTW: Can anyone identify the built-in oven in Natalie's kitchen, season three?? The first two seasons I think the wall oven might be GE, but not sure. The third season, I can't tell but its a much more modern looking and attractive oven. In the third year Natalie also has a 1965 General Electric two slice toaster on the counter.
Poor Natalie never had a dishwasher in any of the seasons. Popo certainly should have made enough money as Managing Editor of the New York Daily Chronicle to warrant a DW. I guess with Patty, Cathy and Ross available for child labor, they didn't need one. lol
The Lanes didn't have a garbage disposal either. (In season 3, episode 1 we see Patty and Frankie Avalon working on a leak under the sink--no disposer.) Poor Lane family, no dw and no disposer. Even Lucy had a disposal, and that was 1951. Also. Near the end of this same episode it also shows Patty using the console tv/phono as she and Richard dance to a Frankie Avalon album.
Q: In what vintage television series did the above Motorola tv/phono combo appear?
A: The Patty Duke Show, Season 3 (1965-66).
If someone has the third year on DVD please check this and let me know if I am correct, I am runnig on memory only. It looks like the identical unit with a slightly different finish.
There are are several episodes where Patty is seen putting records on it.
In the first two years, Patty always used a portable stereo. When the show moved from New York to California for production, the third year, the Lane family got a new house and all new, and much nicer, furniture. No explanation given in any of the episodes. ( I guess Popo got a raise. ) For years I wondered what brand the tv/phono combo was.
So--thank you Louie!!
BTW: Can anyone identify the built-in oven in Natalie's kitchen, season three?? The first two seasons I think the wall oven might be GE, but not sure. The third season, I can't tell but its a much more modern looking and attractive oven. In the third year Natalie also has a 1965 General Electric two slice toaster on the counter.
Poor Natalie never had a dishwasher in any of the seasons. Popo certainly should have made enough money as Managing Editor of the New York Daily Chronicle to warrant a DW. I guess with Patty, Cathy and Ross available for child labor, they didn't need one. lol
The Lanes didn't have a garbage disposal either. (In season 3, episode 1 we see Patty and Frankie Avalon working on a leak under the sink--no disposer.) Poor Lane family, no dw and no disposer. Even Lucy had a disposal, and that was 1951. Also. Near the end of this same episode it also shows Patty using the console tv/phono as she and Richard dance to a Frankie Avalon album.
ovrphil
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2 Console TV sets in the Detroit area
1) 1950's TV/Turntable Console - $150 (17840 Beverly Road) - http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/fuo/4603660238.html
2) Swingin' 60s TV/Stereo Zenith Combo/AM/FM - $100 (12 mile / I-94) - http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/clt/4628440613.html
1) 1950's TV/Turntable Console - $150 (17840 Beverly Road) - http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/fuo/4603660238.html
2) Swingin' 60s TV/Stereo Zenith Combo/AM/FM - $100 (12 mile / I-94) - http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/clt/4628440613.html
ovrphil
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wow
You find the coolest things, Phil. You put the rest of us to shame.
It's rare to find a roundie nowadays, but to find a roundie combo is phenominal, especially with an affordable price. the seller is a little off on the date, that is an early sixties model color TV. I would guess by the record changer and cabinet style that it is approximately a 1962 model.
It was fun having a roundie picture tube in those days because everyone knew you had a color tv because of the shape of the tube.
Thanks for all your hard work scouring Craigslist for vintage finds!
You find the coolest things, Phil. You put the rest of us to shame.
It's rare to find a roundie nowadays, but to find a roundie combo is phenominal, especially with an affordable price. the seller is a little off on the date, that is an early sixties model color TV. I would guess by the record changer and cabinet style that it is approximately a 1962 model.
It was fun having a roundie picture tube in those days because everyone knew you had a color tv because of the shape of the tube.
Thanks for all your hard work scouring Craigslist for vintage finds!
ovrphil
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Thanks to the hobbyists and enthusiasts like you Barry, the searching educates me on what's out there, plus you and others are a wealth of knowledge. I don't know what I'm turning up, of course, when someone says I turn up some unusual things. I remember seeing my first color tv through the large pane glass picture window that the builder/neighbor bought(the first on our street to own one). It could have been a roundie, not sure, but the NBC Peacock seen for the first time will never look brighter and more exciting. Thanks again, there are plenty of interesting postings beyond mine-and beautiful vintage appliances that you and others have found. Is this site addicting at times? Does the sun set in the West? Thanks for the thanks!
Thanks for the thanks!
twintubdexter
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firedome
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That Ampex console...
is worth the asking price. They are very nice units with true Hi-Fi components in them and very expensive in their day also. The company's President, Alexander Poniatoff, personally signed the owner's manual of each unit. We have the Model 402 preamp shown there, out of one of these consoles (bought that way on eBay), as part of one of our vintage stereo systems, and like it very much. The dual mono power amps came in 2 versions, one with rare 6973 output tubes, the other with 7591 tubes I believe. Their tape decks were superb, the company was early on funded by Bing Crosby to make decks using German Magnetophon technology from WWII.
is worth the asking price. They are very nice units with true Hi-Fi components in them and very expensive in their day also. The company's President, Alexander Poniatoff, personally signed the owner's manual of each unit. We have the Model 402 preamp shown there, out of one of these consoles (bought that way on eBay), as part of one of our vintage stereo systems, and like it very much. The dual mono power amps came in 2 versions, one with rare 6973 output tubes, the other with 7591 tubes I believe. Their tape decks were superb, the company was early on funded by Bing Crosby to make decks using German Magnetophon technology from WWII.
firedome
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oh and...
the turntable is a Garrard RC-88 and the hum noted in the ad means new filter capacitors are needed, along with the rest of the electrolytics!
the turntable is a Garrard RC-88 and the hum noted in the ad means new filter capacitors are needed, along with the rest of the electrolytics!
ovrphil
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Apex Hi-fi gear-agreed-among the best.Funny how the seller of the Ampex set didn't show the TT or tape machine.
6973 tubes were used in other applications besides Hi-Fi gear-used in test equipment-audio-RF generators-used as an output tube in these.Seen 6973s as video premodulators in older TV transmitters.Also see them in older tubed mixer consoles-as line driver amps and monitor amps.Another workhorse tube!7591 was another Hi-fi workhorse-and they appear in some Fender Guitar amps.I ahve worked on many an Ampex RR tape machines-these were workhorses in the broadcast industry-any station had at least two!Favorite studio and production machines-Recording studios today--still use older Ampex 300-design based on Magnetophon machines.Have one in my collection-with the orig tubed Rec/Pb amp.The Gov't broadcast agency I work for had like 400 Ampex 300-and several Ampex 3200 Hi speed dubber systems.Worked on those,too.The agency ordered later Acurrate Sound Hi Speed dubbers-they were JUNK compared to the Ampexes!
6973 tubes were used in other applications besides Hi-Fi gear-used in test equipment-audio-RF generators-used as an output tube in these.Seen 6973s as video premodulators in older TV transmitters.Also see them in older tubed mixer consoles-as line driver amps and monitor amps.Another workhorse tube!7591 was another Hi-fi workhorse-and they appear in some Fender Guitar amps.I ahve worked on many an Ampex RR tape machines-these were workhorses in the broadcast industry-any station had at least two!Favorite studio and production machines-Recording studios today--still use older Ampex 300-design based on Magnetophon machines.Have one in my collection-with the orig tubed Rec/Pb amp.The Gov't broadcast agency I work for had like 400 Ampex 300-and several Ampex 3200 Hi speed dubber systems.Worked on those,too.The agency ordered later Acurrate Sound Hi Speed dubbers-they were JUNK compared to the Ampexes!
norgeway
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Reply No 14 Motorola!!!!
That is Motorolas Top line stereo, The Masterpiece, cabinetry by Drexel, the name was Drexel Declaration....my all time favorite stereo, those old Motorola 3 channels will shake the floor.
That is Motorolas Top line stereo, The Masterpiece, cabinetry by Drexel, the name was Drexel Declaration....my all time favorite stereo, those old Motorola 3 channels will shake the floor.
norgeway
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Reply 12..
Is a Sears Silvertone Medalist...one of their TOL tvs.
Is a Sears Silvertone Medalist...one of their TOL tvs.
twintubdexter
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Rex,
The seller did include pics of the tape recorder and the record changer. I was just too lazy to include them. Like everything else of interest on here, there are experts on the subject everywhere.
The seller did include pics of the tape recorder and the record changer. I was just too lazy to include them. Like everything else of interest on here, there are experts on the subject everywhere.
twintubdexter
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This one's in Allen's (funktionalart) territory
At $9,000 I hope they didn't leave this in the driveway for long. At least the speaker spheres don't look like someone played basketball with them. Is the Dual turntable original for this? Ask them to throw in Miss Canada's gown and evening gloves.
At $9,000 I hope they didn't leave this in the driveway for long. At least the speaker spheres don't look like someone played basketball with them. Is the Dual turntable original for this? Ask them to throw in Miss Canada's gown and evening gloves.
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Reply No. 46 Tall boy with Lattice work face
Well, there's something I haven't seen or thought about since the 80's. That was my Grandfather's "media center" (before they call them that). I'm pretty sure it was a TV-stereo combination, but by the time my grandfather passed and we got the cabinet, the TV must have failed because we kept linens in it.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane... the only thing it needs is 15 ceramic dogs on the top and a thin veneer of nicotine.
Well, there's something I haven't seen or thought about since the 80's. That was my Grandfather's "media center" (before they call them that). I'm pretty sure it was a TV-stereo combination, but by the time my grandfather passed and we got the cabinet, the TV must have failed because we kept linens in it.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane... the only thing it needs is 15 ceramic dogs on the top and a thin veneer of nicotine.
Good to see the money shots of the tape machine and TT in the Ampex Hi-Fi-strange can't identify either one.The Ampex tape machine does not look familiar to me.Must have been a model designed for those Hi-fi consoles.The TT looks like it has single play and multiple play spindles-and its at "ankle" level-Great for "Q"ing records and loading-unloading them.And good for collecting floor dust on the TT and your records.
Remember seeing a Clairtone Hi-Fi console in the Hi-Fi shop in downtown Wash DC during the 60's didn't get to listen to it.The sphere speakers were to give omidirectional sound so it would seem.Would be interesting to listen to one of those Hi-fis-but at 9 grand will pass.Will just have to wonder how it would sound.Thought these had Garrard or Dual TT's-depending on the model.
Remember seeing a Clairtone Hi-Fi console in the Hi-Fi shop in downtown Wash DC during the 60's didn't get to listen to it.The sphere speakers were to give omidirectional sound so it would seem.Would be interesting to listen to one of those Hi-fis-but at 9 grand will pass.Will just have to wonder how it would sound.Thought these had Garrard or Dual TT's-depending on the model.
