[Electrothaumaturgist]

Well, here still she sits in front of the 38-1. The speaker vibrates as if though it were plugged in (it's not) whenever I crank up the Philco. She still has all of the dust in the backside of it in the exact same position as when I picked it up. It has been a challenge to keep my grubby little fingers off it, and will continue to be, I much fear. I've done NOTHING to it so far. Had to bring my brother back to the hospital again yesterday, 2nd time in 4 days, and he will be there for a couple more, so I still haven't got a good handle of what kind of radio he's into. I know what I like, but that is besides the point. This radio has a wonderful aura and I feel that it has lived a very full and rich life until it was put into dry but crowded storage, causing the damage to the speaker et al. (Although myself, I think some stupid kid poked their finger into the speaker cloth and cone). Looking for info on this, I did stumble across an old sales listing for a 10T- 5 years ago- that sold (on the radio attic, I think) for $950!!! The cabinet was restored beautifully, but there was zero doubt that the set had seen water in the past, as the lower left rear bottom of the cabinet was clearly disintegrated to a goodly degree, and the chassis had a lot of rust on it AFTER restoration. I guess this model IS quite desirable after all!!!