Artisan Handcrafted Wood 1938 Philco Model 38-17 Vacuum Tube AM Shortwave Radio Excellent Condition!
DESCRIPTION: Tabletop vacuum tube AM and shortwave radio manufactured by Philco from 1938 in excellent working and physical condition.
CABINET CONDITION: Cabinet is original hand crafted cherry colored wood. The finish is factory original. No cracks, chips or major scratches or missing pieces in wood construction. No chipped or missing veneer along edges and corners. Not repainted, no touch up, no over spray. There are no major scratches or abrasions. There are a few asbrasions on the left side. There is finish age checking throughout. Clear tuning glass window is not cracked, no chips, not yellowed with age, securely attached. Brass colored metal tuning window frame is in excellent condition no dents no dings securely attached. Original grill fabric is not ripped, some water stains, not separated along edges. No broken or missing grill baffles.
WORKING CONDITION: Picks up AM and shortwave stations clearly and loudly around the dial with external antenna attachment. Any long hank of wire will work.
LOGO: No missing logos.
KNOBS: The original tuning knobs are all matching in excellent condition no cracks no chips securely attached.
LETTERING: No missing ink, smudges, flaking, or rub-off on tuning dial numbering. The tuning dial works fine.
DIAL LIGHT: Dial light works and lights brightly.
SOUND QUALITY: There is no loud or pervasive hum. There is no loud or pervasive static between stations unless you operate near modern megahertz devices. The set has been aligned according to factory specifications.
INTERNAL ELECTRONICS: All out of tolerance paper and wax capacitors have been replaced with modern equivalents so this radio has another 50+ years or more of playing time! The tubes are working fine. All out-of-spec resistors have been replaced with modern correct value and voltage equivalents. The radio has been thoroughly cleaned and inspected. All wiring has been thoroughly checked for possible bridging and weak solder connection.
BACKING BOARD: Factory original backing board is in fair condition with repaired crack.
POWER CORD: The brand new power cord and safety polarized plug are in excellent original working condition with no cracks, or splits. No exposed wiring.
FACTORY LABEL: No factory labels.
COLOR: brown, cherry color wood
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DIMENSIONS: Approximately 18" x 7" x 9" (l x w x h)
WEIGHT: 13 lbs 6 oz
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Product: antique radio, vintage radio, retro radio, vacuum tube radio, AM radio, art deco, mid-century product.
Category: radio
Cabinet construction: wood
Period: 1930s
Country of manufacture: USA
Electronics: Mounted circuit board or chassis. Vacuum tube circuit.
Vacuum tubes: tested and working. Amplifier, converter, detector, pre-amplifier, rectifier