While many of us here have different interests, old audio and cars seem to be central ones. I'm just getting my 1951 Maggie "back on the road."

Chris Campbell

The Atlantic City organ isn't completely restored yet, is it? Wanamaker may get the nod for largest working one.

It would be interesting to feel that 64 foot pipe in action. 32-footers are already in the "feel" territory.

Chris Campbell

Nice job on the mat. And follow up on the cartridge repair attempt. I've got an old mono Emerson portable that a prior owner had outfitted with an 8T or 9T (memory fails). The cartridges were well regarded as ceramics go. Mine may need rescue after sitting in the repair queue for 50-odd years. I use...

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It doesn't oscillate now. It's AOK except for the selector switch.

The glass top shows the reverence for this item. My parents bought that and a 1951 Dodge to mark their arrival in a new community for both of them. The Maggie lasted longer than the Dodge.

Chris Campbell

That was Murrow's sign-off. George Clooney made an excellent movie about Murrow with the same title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck He is also credited with helping to disgrace Sen. Joseph McCarthy. First came a heroic member of my profession who talked back to McCarthy, a n...

Here's a short video of the Magnavox playing. It probably has not operated in 30 years. Last time I had it on, the amp would oscillate (motorboat) when the bass control was advanced.

https://youtu.be/O9cCZ0uGPIc

Chris Campbell

That style of post-war Maggie was one of the best engineered models ever built by them. Powerful PP amplifiers, with full audio spectrum tuner designs, speaker systems to match. D I've always wondered why my 1951-ish model 477, chassis CR216, didn't have a HF speaker, since Magnavox seemed to sprin...

Update on the Magnavox. I yanked it out again for some diagnosis. The good news about yanking (necessary unless you want to also remove the field-coil speaker & AM antenna loop) is that it's on slide-in, slide out pan, making extraction & replacement really easy. I stared at the chassis unde...

I've got audio but no RF in AM or FM. Will have to diagnose. No magic smoke, happily.

Chris Campbell

What do you do in a holiday weekend at the lakeshore when it's cold, windy, and rainy? Work on the Magnavox. The old 1951 Model 477P needed recapping--and, it turns out, a new power cord I've had a bag of caps for it sitting here for a couple months. Magnavox liked electrolytics-8 of them in this si...

She's really famous. If you didn't see this YouTube suggestion, have a listen... Roy Orbison, honored:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7S8v3 ... Vk&index=8

Chris Campbell

Looking forward to reports on how it sounds....

Chris Campbell

The Magnavox TP 241 I redid plays 78 very nicely. It has a ceramic cartridge, diamond needle, tracks at five grams, feather-weight for playing 78's. The fidelity of the later 78's that were recorded on tape is every bit as good as the later LP's that replaced them..... I have long maintained that t...

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My other toys include bicycles. Back in 1978, my brother and I rode our bikes between Jasper and Banff national parks in Alberta. We were camping so we carried everything. Hes a pic of me and the two bikes and majestic scenery. 23Waterfowl Lake_0023.jpg Sorry about the repeats; can't undo. And let's...

My other toys include bicycles. Back in 1978, my brother and I rode our bikes between Jasper and Banff national parks in Alberta. We were camping so we carried everything. Hes a pic of me and the two bikes and majestic scenery. 23Waterfowl Lake_0023.jpg And let's add a camping scene. 23Waterfowl Lak...

I've got 78s too, and the really old ones are beat-up enough not to worry. The better, newer ones are capable of much better fidelity than that Philco would deliver, and it would be grinding them up the way the old Sonora acoustic device does.

Chris Campbell

Looking forward to your results. I had the same chore in the pre-computer age, on a Zenith H-725 with a rusted dial ring and kitchen grease that had attacked the numbers. My solution way back then was to paint with spray metallic gold paint, apply press-in numerals, and spray over with clear enamel....

I've got a 46-1203. It was in my grandparents' house, parked next to a bed in the guest room where I'd sleep when visiting. I'd turn it on at night, enjoy the warm dial glow, and experience the miracle of hearing sounds coming through the air. Then it started humming. I did rescue it when we closed ...