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Gearing up to work on a 16b
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I am planning on getting to work on the chassis of my 16b cathedral later this month. I hope to work on the cabinet too, including replacing the woefully incorrect grille cloth. What did the original look like? Anyone have a picture? Is there a good repro available? What are the other options?
#2

I believe the name of the correct grill cloth is wiskey. look in the photo gallery on philcoradio.com under june 1933. you might find some on ebay or post a wanted adon the phorum.

-Keith
#3

Below is a model 19 with the correct pattern grillecloth.

http://www.radioatticarchives.com/images...)_Dean.jpg
#4

"Whiskey" is the color of what is commonly referred to as the 70/90 pattern, since it is the same cloth used in Model 70 and 90 cathedral sets.

There was also a copper variation of the same pattern, used in models 19, 89, and a few other 1933 Philco cathedrals although I think the 16B used the whiskey color cloth.

Good luck finding any. I think there was a vendor selling some leftover cloth at Kutztown, but it's all going to become impossible to find sooner rather than later.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#5

Thanks for the speedy responses everyone. It sounds like I'm going to just find something kinda close that I like. Other than the European fellow's website and EvilPay are there any other known suppliers? I found one guy on the Alternative Radio Forum that had some cloth for sale, but it just isn't right.




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