OT - Sources for Vintage Radio parts

[Edward A. Dauer]

I attended a performance today by a woman who does a Rosie the Riveter routine as if she is speaking from 1944, dramatizing principally the roles of women during WWII.  One of her props was a 1930-something stand-up wooden Philco BC-SW radio.  I noticed - and spoke with her about it afterward - that one of the knobs on the radio is not authentic.  It looks like a Hammarlund knob from the 60s.  The rest are wooden and look the part.  She asked if I knew where she might look for something that would be closer to the original.  Anyone who does vintage radio restorations know of some sources I could pass along?

Thanks, as always . . .

Ted, KN1CBR
   
   

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[Rick Robinson]

http://www.mrtwv.org/index.htm

This is a great group that runs the museum and if you email someone will
respond and then you can send pix of the other knobs and we may have
something for you. Be sure to look around the page. Visit your nearest
radio museum and be amazed at the quality stuff they have. I got to play a
Theremin at the Pavak museum on the north side of the Twin City’s . Anyway,
I hope you find the part or at least get some leads where to look.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 5:47 PM Dauer, Edward <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I attended a performance today by a woman who does a Rosie the Riveter
> routine as if she is speaking from 1944, dramatizing principally the roles
> of women during WWII.  One of her props was a 1930-something stand-up
> wooden Philco BC-SW radio.  I noticed - and spoke with her about it
> afterward - that one of the knobs on the radio is not authentic.  It looks
> like a Hammarlund knob from the 60s.  The rest are wooden and look the
> part.  She asked if I knew where she might look for something that would be
> closer to the original.  Anyone who does vintage radio restorations know of
> some sources I could pass along?
>
> Thanks, as always . . .
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
>
>
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[Neil Gallensky]

Ted,

There are a number of sources of vintage radio knobs, however because of the huge and variable inventory associated with vintage parts, few vendors have an online catalog with photos of their parts.  One vendor who does have photos of some reproduction knobs for Philco sets on his website:

http://www.renovatedradios.com/productlist.php

A couple of additional possibilities who have lots of knobs for sale at vintage radio swap meets:

Mark Oppat at http://www.oldradioparts.net/knobs.html

And Jim Sargent (who runs an auction house as well as selling old radio parts) at http://www.sargentauction.com

She’d likely need to send the radio’s model number and/or a photo directly to these resources to assist in tracking down the needed knob. The good news is that members of the antique radio community are generally great at helping folks looking to locate a needed component, and Philco sets were among the most common radios sold through the 1930s and 40s making parts more available . . .

73,
Neil
WA7VHT


On Nov 6, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Dauer, Edward <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:

I attended a performance today by a woman who does a Rosie the Riveter routine as if she is speaking from 1944, dramatizing principally the roles of women during WWII.  One of her props was a 1930-something stand-up wooden Philco BC-SW radio.  I noticed - and spoke with her about it afterward - that one of the knobs on the radio is not authentic.  It looks like a Hammarlund knob from the 60s.  The rest are wooden and look the part.  She asked if I knew where she might look for something that would be closer to the original.  Anyone who does vintage radio restorations know of some sources I could pass along?

Thanks, as always . . .

Ted, KN1CBR



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[K1FFX]

Have a look at  Antiques Radio Forum
<http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=5>   as well as the
classifieds board at the same web site.

Cheers -

Bruce K1FFX




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