11-13-2023, 12:02 AM
OK Fellow Philco collectors. I believe I have the actual model 52 GC that is pictured in the Philco Library Gallery. The one pictured in the gallery has the same hunk of wood missing from the trim at the top just to the right of the final and the same faded cloth. I bought it from a collector in southern IL just east of St. Louis over a year ago. The guy told me that Ron had stopped there to see it years ago due to its rarity. I just finished the restoration of the chassis and tonight I was able to repair clean and get the original clock running. Pretty excited about it to tell the truth. Not sure If I want to refinish it but I am looking for Insite on the correct speaker cloth and a source for it. I have a couple of shots attached. One shows the faded front view and another a shot from behind that shows what the pattern looked like. Anyone know where I can get this pattern of cloth or if it's even correct?
Philco's: 86 Lowboy 90 Highboy 95 Highboy 76 Highboy 112X Console 118X Console 41-265 Console 41-608P Console 52GC 370 LZ 512 20 Baby Grand 70 Baby Grand 71B 52B 118B 60B 84B 610B 37-89B 38-10T 38-35B 41-221CI 42-321T 46-1203 48-214 48-206 49-506