Anyone with a Fisher 24 Anniversary?

[Pericles]

I have a Fisher Model 24 Anniversary, from 1947. I was told a while back that someone on this forum had one. I’m hoping to get started restoring mine. If anyone has a schematic or other helpful info. I’d like to hear about it.

 

[Jailtime]

Here's an old thread about one - http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/fisher-24b-anniversary-model.495928/

Please post pictures of it, it's a rare piece of Fisher history.

 

[audmod01]

The drawer/door pulls look just like the ones on a Silvertone 8127D that I restored. They must have been very popular hardware items on high end consoles of that period. The speaker door pulls are similar to those on a Metropolitan 16A E H Scott Radio Laboratories cabinet I bought to house a 800B Scott chassis that I restored. One suggested restoration technique that helps some lacquered finishes is to use GoJo waterless hand cleaner on the surface. Sometimes this removes the surface dirt and dust and restores amazing luster of the original finish without going through a full refinishing process. I did this on the Silvertone and the Scott Radio Laboratories cabinets I was dealing with and they came out looking almost new. Give it a try on the worst spots and see how it looks. You may be surprised and how good it turns out.

Be very careful in handling the Loctal tubes and the sockets they are plugged into. The metal rings on the bottom of the Loctal tubes tend to come loose from the glass and the Loctal sockets are easily damaged by incorrect removal and insertion procedures. Sylvania was the creator of the Loctal tubes which did not see a long history of use in high end equipment. Loctal tubes did have shorter internal leads than the Octal types, and so had lower capacitance internally than some Octal types. That made them somewhat better in high frequency applications. Loctal sockets can be successfully cleaned using the dental floss brushes with the plastic handles and some Deoxit. Do not allow any other cleaning agents used on the chassis surface to get down inside the Loctal sockets. It would be best to cover the Loctal sockets with some masking tape while applying any cleaning agents to the surface of the chassis.

Best wishes on restoring this great Fisher prize!

Joe

 

[audmod01]

I forgot to mention that the drawer/door pulls that I dealt with had some small springs associated with the pull rings. If you remove them from the cabinet during cleaning be very careful not to loose these springs. They keep the rings from vibrating against their back-plates while the unit is playing. If you do happen to loose them you may be able to get some new spring stock from McMaster-Carr or other supplier.

Joe

 

[larryderouin]

Here's another one. I rebuilt this one in 2014. http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/possible-model-24-rehab.615901/ Plenty of pictures and discussion of actually which version (24, 24A, 24B) it actually was based on which preamp and how the damned thing was hooked up to the amp or was built in. Enough to make Charlie Manson go straight!

Please take pictures of all the components and the wiring connections to the components.

 

[Pericles]

Here's an old thread about one - http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/fisher-24b-anniversary-model.495928/

Please post pictures of it, it's a rare piece of Fisher history.

Thanks and ok !!!!!