09-20-2012, 06:13 PM
I got the cabinet shown below on ebay today. It is/was a 38-116 that was cut short and had a maple top board added. Currently it houses a 12" Jensen SG220 speaker, what ever that is.
Concurrently, I have had a fellow up in Wisconsin restoring my McMurdo Silver Masterpiece 2 set, which is a 2 chassis 12 tube set circa 1933 or so. It uses 2-2B6 output tubes, making it a late model version. The chrome on the main chassis and its cover box are stunning and it was really made by the Hallicrafter company with a dual dial arrangement. I think the left side dial is a fine tuner. The main chassis will sit proudly on top of this cabinet. I have been wondering if the Philco clarifiers would work too if added in this combo.
Anyway, my guy last week was able to get the MP 2 working and told me it a really HOT player too. Thanks to Norman Braithwaite for supplying the missing schematics to pull it off too.
The plan is for the Phil-Silver to go into my McMurdo room (aka my living room) where it will get played in rotation with the others in the room. I play a different set each day and the spot I have picked out currently has a very nice Scott I got from forum member Mike via Ron Ramirez's referral.
The 38-116 cabinet is very large but so is the reserved parking spot for it.
I will have to modify the cabinet by adding a lower shelf for the amp
and mounting of the 12" Jensen pedistal speaker but should not be too difficult. Note even the pedistal stand on the speaker is chromed too.
I also need some V chevron grill cloth or something similar to make it more Philco-ish too.
[Image: http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-JENSEN-SG...~~60_3.JPG]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...riZQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...ZsjQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...4CFQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...qtMw_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...Ow9Z_3.jpg]
Concurrently, I have had a fellow up in Wisconsin restoring my McMurdo Silver Masterpiece 2 set, which is a 2 chassis 12 tube set circa 1933 or so. It uses 2-2B6 output tubes, making it a late model version. The chrome on the main chassis and its cover box are stunning and it was really made by the Hallicrafter company with a dual dial arrangement. I think the left side dial is a fine tuner. The main chassis will sit proudly on top of this cabinet. I have been wondering if the Philco clarifiers would work too if added in this combo.
Anyway, my guy last week was able to get the MP 2 working and told me it a really HOT player too. Thanks to Norman Braithwaite for supplying the missing schematics to pull it off too.
The plan is for the Phil-Silver to go into my McMurdo room (aka my living room) where it will get played in rotation with the others in the room. I play a different set each day and the spot I have picked out currently has a very nice Scott I got from forum member Mike via Ron Ramirez's referral.
The 38-116 cabinet is very large but so is the reserved parking spot for it.
I will have to modify the cabinet by adding a lower shelf for the amp
and mounting of the 12" Jensen pedistal speaker but should not be too difficult. Note even the pedistal stand on the speaker is chromed too.
I also need some V chevron grill cloth or something similar to make it more Philco-ish too.
[Image: http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-JENSEN-SG...~~60_3.JPG]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...riZQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...ZsjQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...4CFQ_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...qtMw_3.jpg]
[Image: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc249...Ow9Z_3.jpg]
