A Compendium of Fisher Consoles

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Attached are links to a wonderful selection of Fisher consoles that have been owned by AK members. This list was put together by AK member "TheRed1", aka Carter. Carter has done an enormous amount of work on this effort, and this might just be one of the best collections of Fisher console info on the internet. I am putting this together as a link to the posts that Carter has done, so that if he makes any updates to his posts in the future, when you click on the following links you will always see the most current, up to date info.

Enjoy browsing through these links!

Consoles 1945-1958: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4489655&postcount=52

Consoles 1959-1963: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4490618&postcount=432

Consoles 1964 and beyond:http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4539076&postcount=433
 
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Here are some of the results of many hours spent in AK's dusty archives attempting to compile a complete listing of all the Fisher consoles that have passed through these hallowed fora in the last decade. There were quite a few pre-sticky Fishers - many of which have not yet been moved to the Fisher forum. Plus there is the natural tendency to start a new thread with any major new find such as a these Fishers tend to be. All my earlier attempts at one big list resulted in a high percentage of entries mysteriously vanishing when I hit the preview button. So I split up the list so as not to overwhelm AK's html processing abilities.

In endeavoring to keep this compendium of Fisher consoles updated I keep running up against AK's 10,000 character per post limit. Here again is another attempt to put everything in one place. I have had to copy the old lists omitting any extraneous characters and repost the updated versions here. I am posting this preamble separately as a placeholder for future expansion. Currently the list is divided into three sections 1945-1958, 1959-1963 and 1964-1972.

If you have a Fisher console that is not listed please PM me with a link to your post - I will be happy to add it.


UPDATED: 9/19/2013
 
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1945-1958

1947 Anniversary Series 24(A?) (Georgian cabinet) - vaguy1
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=6461569#post6461569

1947-8 Anniversary Series 24B (Georgian cabinet) - Fisherdude
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=495928

1950 Coronet R-1 (Georgian cabinet) - Jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=462214

1950 Coronet R-2 (Allegro cabinet) - cooljjay
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=291326

1950 Coronet R-3 (Georgian cabinet) - buglegirl
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=5172289#post5172289

1951 Coronet R-3 (Warwick cabinet) - larryderouin
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=398119

1951 Coronet R-3 (Hampshire cabinet) - victor3d
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=5362569#post5362569

1951 Coronet R-3 (Allegro cabinet) - wrigley
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4306508#post4306508

1952 Custom Sixty (Hampshire cabinet) - joel27
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=354241

1954 Series 101 Consolette - Audiomagnate
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=6349146#post6349146

1955 Custom Sixty (Hampshire cabinet) - Ttryon
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=409636

1955 Custom Electra (Normandy cabinet) - radioterry
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=471818

1955 Custom Electra (Normandy cabinet) - Duffinator
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1167416#post1167416
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=47032

1955-56 Custom Electra (Gotham cabinet) - electracoupe
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4953331

1955 Series 202 Consolette - zephedone
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=6267724#post6267724

1955 Series 202 Consolette - Jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=443513

1955 Series 101 Consolette - madwing
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=167663

1956 Fisher President (No cabinet) - enewcomb
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4183104#post4183104

1956 Custom Futura (Covington cabinet) - relaximus via sobr1
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=285615

1956 Custom Futura (Brittany cabinet) - jaynemo
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1208169#post1208169

1956 Series 60 Consolette - Westy56
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3972777#post3972777

1956 Series 60 Consolette - elduce
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1221210

1956 Series 50 Consolette - cooljjay
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=307819

1957 Custom Electra (Gotham? cabinet) - Rybeam
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70417

1957 Medalist II (Provence cabinet) - derekva
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=468974

1957 Medalist II? - R-20 - vendo81
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1218354

1957 Medalist II (Unknown cabinet) - mkaras
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=180773

1957 Conteomporary - Craterranch
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=472975

1957 Series 61 Consolette - Thespeakerdude8
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4903931#post4903931

1957 Series 61 Consolette - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3238442#post3238442

1957 Series 61 Consolette - tomcza11
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=301605

1958 Custom Electra II (Normandy cabinet) - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3151319#post3151319

1958 Custom Electra II (Normandy cabinet) - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2370315#post2370315

1958 Medalist II(Provence cabinet) - Jered
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=323249

1958 Contemporary - frankolombo
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=494699

1958 Contemporary - Sam Cogley
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=305958

1958 Contemporary - kUngdrew
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127266

1958 Contemporary - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=355797

1958 Contemporary - relaximus
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=443343
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=486573
 
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1959-1963

1959 Futura II - Marlin Mackley
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27251

1959 Provence II P-410 + 560 'Stereo Companion' - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=489402

1959 Provence II (aka: Medalist II) - w4rtc
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=367695

1959 Contemporary II - longle
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=510018

1959 Contemporary II + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - TheRed1
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=351050

1959 Contemporary II - Contemporary
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=387161

1959 Series 610 + 560 'Stereo Companion' - Omegaman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=7066653

1959/60 Series 610 - Sung
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=488430

1959 Series 610 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - visman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=254422

1959 Series 610 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - seanrr>buglegirl>larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4123669#post4123669

1959 Series 610 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - analog addict
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=210003

1959 Series 510 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - Jcricket
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=198147

1959 Series 510 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - Oldsf85
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=648620#post648620

1959 Series 510 - TheRed1 > larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2246764#post2246764

1960 Statesman 1010 - artclone
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1628147#post1628147

1960 Premiere - buglegirl
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=406901

1960 Premiere - TheRed1
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112001

1960 Premiere - julianburke
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3687601#post3687601

1960 Premiere - davis419b
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3801116#post3801116

1960 Coronet - Nekguda
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=476367

1960 Coronet - Charivari
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50076

1960 Custom Electra III - rwj0j0
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=376486

1960 Custom Electra III - kn8243
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=363832

1960 Custom Electra III - ziphius
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3539111

1960 Custom Electra III - tlgibbs
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2758101

1960 Custom Electra III - deadbeat son
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3025240#post3025240

1960 Custom Electra III - TheRed1 to Janet
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133705

1960 Custom Electra III - Franksta
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31256

1960 Custom Electra III - hammr7
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=334479

1961 Executive V - cc43fan > walyfd
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=466304
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=496090

1961 Executive V - scstocks
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4620891#post4620891

1961 Executive VI - Jimmy64>Joe11611>perchdog
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2267058#post2267058
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3218388#post3218388

1961 Statesman II - melvin87144>Westy56
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=359147
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4551096#post4551096

1961 Statesman II - mcsteam22
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=176951

1961 Coronet II - derekva
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=473456

1961 Coronet II - larryderouin via fourwheels0
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=331543

1961 Custom Electra IV - N3DRX
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=483139

1961 Custom Electra IV - kangatoy
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=409777

1961 Custom Electra IV - WarrGo
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3171176

1961 Custom Electra IV - p.dow
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2372988#post2372988

1961 Custom Electra IV - VinylHanger
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7723

1961 Custom Electra IV - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=377868

1961 Custom Electra IV - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3843914#post3843914

1962 President VII - fini
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=362506

1962 Executive VII - ksks
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4084286#post4084286

1962 Ambassador IV - Omegaman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=7124051&posted=1#post7124051

1962 Ambassador IV - pich
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1658058#post1658058

1962 Ambassador IV - Di32
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=316924

1962 Ambassador IV - chard306
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=444705

1962 Futura III - WarrGo
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=381575

1962 Futura III - jean lafite
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2296815#post2296815

1962 Futura III - 2weelchpprpilot
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=68652

1962 Futura III - Chip - HP
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1173601

1962 Futura III - WilsonCreek
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=314486

1962 Custom Electra V - pdbjc
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=431797

1962 Custom Electra V - Omegaman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=361584

1962 Custom Electra V - skykng
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=183310

1962 Custom Electra V - kms692000
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179656

1962 Custom Electra V - Ears
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=311627

1962 Custom Electra V - hammr7
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=334479

1962 Custom Electra V - Omegaman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=361584

1962 Chadwick C-33 - jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3843927#post3843927

1962 Chadwick C-33 - hammr7
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=334479

1962 Philharmonic II - k7cid@me.com
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2877945

1963 President VIII - Jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=428582

1963 President VIII - Qman
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=313562

1963 Executive VIII - buglegirl > larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=387136

1963 Regent - schwarcw’s friend
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185023

1963 Statesman III - Diegoenusa
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=301482

1963 Ambassador V - grinder029
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2873337

1963 Ambassador V - Bucky Badger
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3963162#post3963162

1963 Ambassador V - ddeland
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3834599#post3834599

1963 Ambassador V - gpsmithii
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4124309#post4124309

1963 Ambassador V - scupbucket
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=438099

1963 Futura IV - Travis G.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=517940

1963 Custom Electra VI - polecat16
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=513579

1963 Custom Electra VI - railcruzr
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=397698

1963 Custom Electra VI - that70sguy
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=285067

1963 Custom Electra VI - relaximus
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=180894

1963 Custom Electra VI - NW Lover
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=222545

1963 Diplomat - rshadley
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3953342#post3953342

1963 Diplomat - cruisaire
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32680

1963 Philharmonic IV - audiodon
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=262141
 
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1964-1972

1964 Regent II - Jonboy55
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=411617

1964 Executive IX - scootchu
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2272756#post2272756

1964 Executive IX -perchdog
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3642791#post3642791

1964 Executive IX - Naptown Rob via Smirskahoven
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3701244#post3701244

1964 Statesman IV - jjprager
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=472180

1964 Ambassador VI - skibjr
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1632908#post1632908

1964 Ambassador VI - ethlax
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=141336

1964 Futura V - achilles_bog
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=290376

1964 Custom Electra VII - Naptown Rob>larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=383041

1964 Custom Electra VII - buglegirl
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4816975#post4816975

1964 Custom Electra VII - solidjackson>rwj0j0
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=304320

1964 Custom Electra VII - RuSsMaN
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3585630#post3585630

1964 Custom Electra VII - auxtech66
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2251165

1964 Custom Electra VII - moonstation2
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4267528#post4267528

1964 Diplomat II - cbrann
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2276157

1964 Diplomat II - wilke87
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=123490

1964 Philharmonic IV - hatrack71
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3176755#post3176755

1964 Philharmonic IV - Saint Johnny via stonemillhq
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=248872

1964 Allegro - rcflybob
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=267070

1964 Allegro/1965 Allegro II - analog addict
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2192974#post2192974

1965 Executive X - chefg1
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=319841

1965 Ambassador VII - retrokid 52
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4806441

1965 Ambassador VII - DonQuixote99
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=331900

1965 Futura VI - larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=249012

1965 Futura VI - QJ-ATX
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=331922

1965 Custom Electra VIII - tomcza11
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=385052

1965 Custom Electra VIII - larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2943520

1965 Warwick (Futura V?) - mgzny
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2799477

1965 Diplomat III - roivett
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=492590#post492590

1964 Allegro/1965 Allegro II - barrynsue
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2193080#post2193080

1966 Executive 971 - digiovmt
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4292012#post4292012

1966 Futura F-591 - Grumpy
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3297

1966 Futura F-591 - chillywilly
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4147111

1966 Custom Electra E-491 - apple scruff
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=542455

1966 Custom Electra E-491 - the fish
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2915360#post2915360

1966 Custom Electra E-491 - TheRed1 to Sandi
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132848

1966 Diplomat D-391 - Tuquala
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=350980

1966 Philharmonic P-291 - Anti_Skate
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=520498

1966 Philharmonic P-291 - vinyldavid
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3610352

1966 Philharmonic P-291 - nerdorama
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2957586#post2957586

1966 Allegro A-190 - mpholland
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=197024

1967 Metropolitan M-4592 - CARNICK
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=491940

1967 Metropolitan M-4592 - growl
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=381917

1967 Custom Electra E-492 - Summit9669
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=510857

1967 Custom Electra E-492 - Hink
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4058638#post4058638

1967 Custom Electra E-492 - fir.na.tine
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=73588

1967 Custom Electra E-492 - waynemarc
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=538863#post538863

1967 Philharmonic P-292 - hannyy
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=6912838#post6912838

1967 Philharmonic P-292 - chillywilly
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=366218

1967 Philharmonic P-292 - chillywilly
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=438260

1967 Philharmonic P-292 - Brian McGowa
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=334268

1968 Philharmonic P-293 - ToneDeafPaul
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=439897

1968 Diplomat D-393 - little-al
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=492321

1968 Diplomat D-393 - schmikka
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=258606

1968 Statesman S-692 - yaleforks
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4004435#post4004435

1969 Metropolitan D-399 - elduce
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3008504#post3008504

1969 Royal Electra R-494 - hammondcrazy
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=6200874#post6200874

1969 Royal Electra R-494 - Richard D
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55841

1969 Royal Electra R-494 - jgorhan
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=301564

1969 Royal Electra R-494✝ - larryderouin
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=229507

1970/71 Regent R-495 - ronrico
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=418821

1970/71 Statesman S-594 -1984tigers
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=429531
 
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Carter - once again you have outdone yourself. I can't even begin to guess how much time you've sunk into this effort....
BTW how far are you from Chantilly? Next time I go to visit my brother I will have to see if I can tour your collection.
 
Another Fisher Console

Welcome-to-the-Family-of-Fisher-Owners.jpg


Here are some of the results of many hours spent in AK's dusty archives attempting to compile a complete listing of all the Fisher consoles that have passed through these hallowed fora in the last decade. There were quite a few pre-sticky Fishers - many of which have not yet been moved to the Fisher forum. Plus there is the natural tendency to start a new thread with any major new find such as a these Fishers tend to be. All my earlier attempts at one big list resulted in a high percentage of entries mysteriously vanishing when I hit the preview button. So I split up the list so as not to overwhelm AK's html processing abilities.

In endeavoring to keep this compendium of Fisher consoles updated I keep running up against AK's 10,000 character per post limit. Here again is another attempt to put everything in one place. I have had to copy the old lists omitting any extraneous characters and repost the updated versions here. I am posting this preamble separately as a placeholder for future expansion. Currently the list is divided into three sections 1945-1958, 1959-1963 and 1964-1972.

If you have a Fisher console that is not listed please PM me with a link to your post - I will be happy to add it.


UPDATED: 9/19/2013

I did not see my console listed-Futura Model F-5593, owners manual is dated 1966, unit has a Dual 1015 turntable, receiver appears to be the Fisher 220-T
 

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I did not see my console listed-Futura Model F-5593, owners manual is dated 1966, unit has a Dual 1015 turntable, receiver appears to be the Fisher 220-T
Let me begin by welcoming you to Audiokarma. That's a very odd Fisher console you have. I had to do a lot of digging through my records to try to piece together its story.

The reason you don't see any like it listed in the Compendium is that it is the first example of its kind to surface. You won't find it at the fisherconsoles.com website either. I'm not exactly sure what model year it would fall under but I'm pretty sure it's not a '66 - more likely '67-'68. The cabinet appears in the '69 catalog but that year's Futura had a Tune-O-Matic receiver. (24-R/250-T/250-TX)? Below are the applicable pages of the '69 Fisher console catalog. Yours is 'C': Country English in Mahogany - as noted on the build sheet attached to the back of your cabinet, i.e. CEM.

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Your receiver does indeed appear to be a 220-T. Have you ever looked at the back/bottom of the receiver to see if there is a model number there? Sometimes when Fisher used a receiver in a console they used a special model number as in the above 24-R/250-T/250-TX example. The 220-T dates from around 1967 so your console is possibly from that model year. The 1966 copyright date supports that since Fisher's literature was usually prepared in advance - as you would expect.

However, the cabinet being used in '69 makes me suspect it was from the '68 model year. The F-5593 model number also supports 1968 since the few new models from that year - like the Diplomat D-393 - all ended with the digits '93'. '67s were '92' and '69s were '94'. Have you ever checked the IEA codes on the speakers? That's a good way to get a ballpark estimate of the date a console was manufactured. Those speakers are probably United Speaker Systems, Inc. products. I forget their IEA code but if you could post any numbers from the back of the console's speakers I'm sure we could figure it out.

What I suspect your console is is the late 60s equivalent of an early 60s Chadwick or Warwick. Fisher used those model names to sell odd mixtures of cabinet and hardware - often from divergent model years. It has been conjectured that this was Fisher's method of cleaning out its warehouse - building consoles with whatever components they had overproduced and housing them in a cabinet from the current model year. Your Futura is unusual in that the cabinet seems to have been offered BEFORE it debuted as part of 1969's factory lineup.

The use of the Futura name itself is also strange. No Futuras appeared in either the '67 catalog or the '68 product brochures, (there was no '68 console catalog.) It almost seems as if Fisher intended to abandon that model name which would make sense since Chadwick and Warwick were old Fisher models from WAY back recycled as sort of clearance model names. What is really cool is the Futura name on your 220-T: that makes it a very unusual find and verifies this receiver as original equipment on this console.
 
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Thank you for the information on my Fisher Futura. Checking the back side of the receiver it is labeled as model 220-T, S/N 29208A; both of the woofers have a number designation of 10B15AS below this number is 137 745. Also there is a caution label on the back of the cabinet located at the Wide-Surround speaker jack stating "Do not use the WS-1 speakers use only WS-2 speakers". I can only assume there must be a different ohm rating for this receiver. Reading the cabinet description for the Country English style there was no mention of the casters that are on the unit. Now for the best part of this Fisher find, when I purchased the stereo it came complete with all Fisher documents-owners manual with the warranty card still attached, the Dual 1015 turntable owners manual, the turntable caution tag for initial set up, the Fisher FM station log, a flyer with audio accessories available, a pamphlet titled They Shall Have Music a brief on Avery Fisher, the paper envelope to store these documents and the Fisher clear plastic bag for storage of all the printed material. In August of 2009 I was in the local Salvation Army store when I noticed this set in the furniture section, realizing that it was a Fisher stereo off to cashier with the sale tag I went and made the purchase-$39.99. Getting the set home it was just a plug n play all functions worked perfectly.
 
I believe that first jumble of numbers and letters is the part number. The six digit number is the EIA code. '137' is the manufacturer, in this case: CTS. That is a little surprising since I would have thought Fisher would have still been using USS drivers at that time. The last three digits are (1st): the last digit of the year of manufacture (1967) and (2nd & 3rd): the week of production (45 = late Oct./early Nov.). That is solidly within the range I would expect for the 1968 model year which began earlier than usual this year, in August. Model years for consoles typically began in September, as in the auto industry.

The reference to the WS-2 speakers also points to 1968. 1967 was the last year for the WS-1. I think it is safe to conclude your Futura F-5593 was a 1968 model. The casters were probably added by a previous owner.

It is uncanny how many Fisher consoles still have all or most of their original documentation with still them. For a Fisher historian like me, they can be as interesting as the console itself. I would love to get a scan of your owner's manual, (if you would be willing to do that,) in order to be able to add it to the fisherconsoles.com website if/when Jon and I get around to adding the later years. I'll PM you my email address optimistically.
 
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