Gorgeous! Thanks for posting. It gives me a good example of the stain color. I wonder if the different brasses on mine are replacements? Since mine was one family from new, I'll have to call the seller back and see if he knows.
Fisher 24B Anniversary Model
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fisher 24
Thank you Cabinet finish is NOT original. When I got the set, cabinet was in very poor condition. The top needs to be re venered. I did an amatur finish job to make the unit acceptable to be in my home. I stripped all old finish off and used mahogany stain on it then sprayed Deft finish on it. Hope this helps Norman
P.S. any idea when Fisher moved from Bleeker Street in NYC to Long Island City? Thanks Norman
Thank you Cabinet finish is NOT original. When I got the set, cabinet was in very poor condition. The top needs to be re venered. I did an amatur finish job to make the unit acceptable to be in my home. I stripped all old finish off and used mahogany stain on it then sprayed Deft finish on it. Hope this helps Norman
P.S. any idea when Fisher moved from Bleeker Street in NYC to Long Island City? Thanks Norman
Ah. Looks nice, though! I'm lucky in that mine still has 100% original color and finish on the inside of the doors, so I'll be able to match from that. Hopefully there's something close commercially available. Given the age, I assume the finish was lacquer. That's gonna need some study. :sigh:
Not sure on the move date, but Carter (TheRed1) probably does.
Not sure on the move date, but Carter (TheRed1) probably does.
I'd say I'm at least 90% sure it's lacquer. You can do amazing things to get life back into lacquer. If you're not afraid of a little wet sanding and a LOT of elbow grease to polish it up... Like I said, I used my buffer on my console or I'd still be polishing by hand. The drawers and more intricate, smaller areas I did by hand. I also think that the lacquer may have been tinted and not simply clear. Even if you go through the lacquer, it is easy to blend in fresh top coat lacquer.
Back when I was still in the funeral business, we made a trip to Marsellus Casket Co. in Syracuse. Every wood unit they made was lacquered and buffed--with buffers and by hand--then waxed. Much like cars when lacquer was still in use. Just look at photos of President Kennedy's funeral. That is a Marcellus 710 "President" mahogany.
Back when I was still in the funeral business, we made a trip to Marsellus Casket Co. in Syracuse. Every wood unit they made was lacquered and buffed--with buffers and by hand--then waxed. Much like cars when lacquer was still in use. Just look at photos of President Kennedy's funeral. That is a Marcellus 710 "President" mahogany.
TheRed1
Console Conservationist
Hello, Norman - Welcome to AudioKarma! As you can see there are at least a few folks here in the Fisher forum interested in the products that laid the foundation for Fisher Radio Corp.'s legendary reputation. Judging from the photos, your Fisher appears to have come with all the frills just like Fisherdude's. Do you know its history?
I find it uncanny how, all of the sudden, THREE relatively complete 1940's Fisher radio-phonographs surface within the span of a few months. I have been an avid Fisher console spotter since about 2008 and yet had only caught the faintest whiff of rumors pertaining to the existence of these once almost mythical beasts. And now there are three . . . THREE! All apparently in the possession of good people who are interested in restoring them to their former glory. This is great!
You may be interested in this thread which goes into some detail on the subject - especially toward the end:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=403827
I find it uncanny how, all of the sudden, THREE relatively complete 1940's Fisher radio-phonographs surface within the span of a few months. I have been an avid Fisher console spotter since about 2008 and yet had only caught the faintest whiff of rumors pertaining to the existence of these once almost mythical beasts. And now there are three . . . THREE! All apparently in the possession of good people who are interested in restoring them to their former glory. This is great!
You may be interested in this thread which goes into some detail on the subject - especially toward the end:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=403827
my 24 history
Hello I brought this at auction about 10 years ago. came out of a small estate at a "country" type auction. Paid $35.00 for it. Removed all chassis and re-caped the amp chassis and put in 300 Mfd filter cap in the rectifier output (before the choke) to totally eliminate any chance of 60 cycle hum. replaced all electrolytics in the tuner with a 300 mfd filter in the main filter cap for the tuner. all caps in the audio chain in the tuner and amp chassis have been replaced. a new dial string was installed and all new pilot lamps were installed. the acoustic padding in the speaker box was falling apart so that was replaced.The set works very well with only the scratch supressor chassis having a problem. once I get a print on it i will overhaul it.(all caps in both the expander and the scratch supressor have been replaced. When I got this there was no phono so I installed a Garrard rc-88 changer. The original phono preamp was gone so I installed a solid state preamp underneath the rc-88. with a GE cartrige and a legimite 78 rpm needle it does a great job on 78 s also in a seperate headshell I have a Shure m-7-d stereo cartrige for moderen 33 s Just got doing an ametaur refinish job on cabinet
Hello I brought this at auction about 10 years ago. came out of a small estate at a "country" type auction. Paid $35.00 for it. Removed all chassis and re-caped the amp chassis and put in 300 Mfd filter cap in the rectifier output (before the choke) to totally eliminate any chance of 60 cycle hum. replaced all electrolytics in the tuner with a 300 mfd filter in the main filter cap for the tuner. all caps in the audio chain in the tuner and amp chassis have been replaced. a new dial string was installed and all new pilot lamps were installed. the acoustic padding in the speaker box was falling apart so that was replaced.The set works very well with only the scratch supressor chassis having a problem. once I get a print on it i will overhaul it.(all caps in both the expander and the scratch supressor have been replaced. When I got this there was no phono so I installed a Garrard rc-88 changer. The original phono preamp was gone so I installed a solid state preamp underneath the rc-88. with a GE cartrige and a legimite 78 rpm needle it does a great job on 78 s also in a seperate headshell I have a Shure m-7-d stereo cartrige for moderen 33 s Just got doing an ametaur refinish job on cabinet
jonboy55
Well-Known Member
What did you use for new acoustic padding?
Another idea is to use acoustic ceiling panels 24"x48"(fiberglass with the plastic overlay) for grid ceiling systems. Pull off the plastic and then cut the fiberglass sheet to size. Attach with 3M #77 spray adhesive. If needed you can layer it. I found 2 layers worked best on my 51 Warwick.
Larry
Larry
Any updates or resto work being done lately on these?
Larry
Larry
amglow
Member
I was blessed with a healthy dose of AudioKarma this week. I am now the proud custodian of a 1947 Fisher Anniversary model 24. Well all the electronics at least, minus the record changer. The seller purchased it from a friend of his. All he had was the electronics. I asked him about the console cabinet, if his friend still had it and if it was original. He said it was black in color and “too nice” to be original, but would check if his friend still had it and could obtain some images. I'm still waiting for his reply. I'm not too hopeful.
It may have been an Allegro cabinet because if you look closely at the tuner bezel mounting board, the outer edge is a very light finish, similar to what was found on the Allegro cabinet. It looks like someone may have spray painted it black somewhere along the line.
This Fisher Anniversary model 24 is serial number 1383, and has all 4 chassis's. Tuner, amp, dynamic volume expander, and dynamic noise suppressor, plus the DNS filaments supply and all original cabling. Another big plus is the Stephens P52A coaxial (8 cellular horn), 15" speaker, in great condition!
There is no identifying nomenclature plate/label on the amplifier, but there is a plate on the tuner assembly and a paper label on both the DNS and DVE. The DNS is serial number 1262 and the DVE is serial number 1315.
Other than a nice layer of dust, it is in really nice shape. I'm very pleased so far with my initial examination. I did a cursory check on vacuum tube date codes. I found them on the Loctol and Octol tubes, but the miniatures were difficult to read. It looks like most of these tubes may be original to the system because the date codes on most fall into very specific dates, as if they were installed in the chassis from a bulk manufacturer production lot as shipped to Fisher. Following is a list of the tubes I obtained production date codes from:
Tube Date code Manufacturer
Tuner:
7A7 713 Sylvania
7S7 726 Sylvania
7A7 713 Sylvania
7A7 713 Tung-Sol
7E7 713 Sylvania
7C7 726 Tung-Sol
7A6 752 Tung-Sol
7A4 –- National Union
7A4 726 Sylvania
6E5 736 Sylvania
Amplifier:
5Y3 7-39 Raytheon
5Y3 7-39 Raytheon
6L6G 726 Sylvania
6L6G 726 Sylvania
7A4 726 Sylvania
7A4 726 Sylvania
7A7 713 Sylvania
All indicate 1957 manufacturing dates, with most from the 13th or 26th week of the year.
It may have been an Allegro cabinet because if you look closely at the tuner bezel mounting board, the outer edge is a very light finish, similar to what was found on the Allegro cabinet. It looks like someone may have spray painted it black somewhere along the line.
This Fisher Anniversary model 24 is serial number 1383, and has all 4 chassis's. Tuner, amp, dynamic volume expander, and dynamic noise suppressor, plus the DNS filaments supply and all original cabling. Another big plus is the Stephens P52A coaxial (8 cellular horn), 15" speaker, in great condition!
There is no identifying nomenclature plate/label on the amplifier, but there is a plate on the tuner assembly and a paper label on both the DNS and DVE. The DNS is serial number 1262 and the DVE is serial number 1315.
Other than a nice layer of dust, it is in really nice shape. I'm very pleased so far with my initial examination. I did a cursory check on vacuum tube date codes. I found them on the Loctol and Octol tubes, but the miniatures were difficult to read. It looks like most of these tubes may be original to the system because the date codes on most fall into very specific dates, as if they were installed in the chassis from a bulk manufacturer production lot as shipped to Fisher. Following is a list of the tubes I obtained production date codes from:
Tube Date code Manufacturer
Tuner:
7A7 713 Sylvania
7S7 726 Sylvania
7A7 713 Sylvania
7A7 713 Tung-Sol
7E7 713 Sylvania
7C7 726 Tung-Sol
7A6 752 Tung-Sol
7A4 –- National Union
7A4 726 Sylvania
6E5 736 Sylvania
Amplifier:
5Y3 7-39 Raytheon
5Y3 7-39 Raytheon
6L6G 726 Sylvania
6L6G 726 Sylvania
7A4 726 Sylvania
7A4 726 Sylvania
7A7 713 Sylvania
All indicate 1957 manufacturing dates, with most from the 13th or 26th week of the year.
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Very Nice grab. AND you got the Tru-Sonic speaker to boot! If you decide to overhaul it, you might want to read this thread first. http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/possible-model-24-rehab.615901/
When it's all up and running good, it sounds very good with the Jensen. With the tru-Sonic it should sound better than the Jensen.
When it's all up and running good, it sounds very good with the Jensen. With the tru-Sonic it should sound better than the Jensen.