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Well I decided to dig in to this Philco close and play record player / radio. The speaker transformer had broken off in shipping and the wires had snapped so I repaired that and it still didn't work. I noticed that the 41 tube was not lit and found a break in the tube from the broken speaker hitting it. Once that was replaced it came to life. I recapped the chassis and put in one of my rebuilt cartridges (SAMS 
). The record is the test record so it doesn't sound very good but she plays real nice and the radio plays exceptionally well with a short antenna...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8dvmbfy6ir1v6...2.MOV?dl=0
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Oh and did you know that early Philco record players had Philco Phonograph labeled caps?
I have never seen one in any Philco record player I restored...
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I enjoyed your talk, when is your YouTube channel going up!
I could have interviewed you as a guest and had some real fun and fine radio talk!
You are a budding Talent.
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I got a Philco 41 RP-2 off ARF and it came today. I tore it down and rebuilt it in 2 or so hours.
Here is her playing through an unfinished radio...
video:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ez6jmwud1xljqp...6.MOV?dl=0
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Pretty slick
That's the first "
close and play record player" I've seen.
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Kirk.....Nice job and also a nice little video..Thanks!
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That's is real cool Kirk!
Hey are you still growing your own Rochelle Salts for the crystal cartridges?
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I had to quit that idea Mark.
It went over $250.00 in costs and it worked zero times.
I found a company that would cut them but it was $5000.00 for 1000 slices. Thats 500 carts if you dont break a single one. I am using Donor carts. I bought a bunch from Gary at VM.
It is a super secret that no one will share for some reason but they are Ronette 500 carts.
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