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More info on my new Fisher purchase

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Sambuccik

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Hi guys!

So I was at my local thrift shop and I saw this beautiful chest. I was immediately drawn to it. When I opened the doors, I saw that it was actually a beautiful Radio/phonograph console! It was marked $50, and that day they had a sale that day for 25% off all furniture, so I got it for a whopping $37.50!! I knew nothing about Fisher consoles so I did some Googling. After doing some research here on AK (thanks for all the awesome info, by the way!) I think what I have is a 1950 R2. Its serial number is 6350 and is the Georgian cabinet style. It still has the schematic layout sheet on the back, but it didn't come with any other paperwork.

It seems to be in pretty good shape for its age. A few dings and scratches here and there, but it's still shiny and the interior of the doors is mint. I haven't plugged it in, but the shop said the radio works but the phonograph doesn't produce any sound. Luckily I live near Philly and there are some people around that specialize in restoring old radios, so I'm going to have it looked at before I do any potential damage. (I'm nervous!)

If anyone has more info about my new purchase, I'd appreciate it. Im totally new to consoles, so forgive me for my total lack of knowledge. I'm just totally enamored by it, working or not. Such a beautiful piece.

Thanks everyone!
 
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Welcome to the FISHER Forum. Good to have some more females taking up the hobby. Please don't plug it in until it's been checked over.

I use my Warwick weekly. NOTE ON THE OUTPUT TUBES. This is a parallel push pull amp and the tubes must be matched. Mismatched tubes will cause increased distortion, excess heat, and shortened tube life. There are some mods that can be done to it to lessen this along with new output tubes. Mine has new Tung-Sol 6v6GT ReIssues from Jim McShane. And they are matched at operating voltages and loads. Not just on a tube tester which just tells you gm matches. About the only tube that may be a bit hard to find is the eye tube (6E5.) www.magiceyetubes.com has a sub list for the 6E5. The rest of the tubes are plentiful, and fairly inexpensive.

The service manual for it should be in the manuals section at the bottom of the front page of the FISHER CONSOLES site. WWW.FISHERCONSOLES.COM (look for CORONET-R1, also covers R2-R3,,,,,, http://www.fisherconsoles.com/r1 console service manual page.html ).

There are a few of us in the Balt/Wash area that have CORONET's from that era either in the Georgian or Warwick cabinets. Our's are all R-3's which are an incremental improvement of the R2, but use the same manual/chassis/etc. It's a very nice unit to work on. Easy to recap/restore. Open up the back panel and take a look at the speaker and get the info off it, please. That will give us a tighter dateline. Speaker is either a JENSEN H-510 or a STEPHENS TRUAX. Both will have an EIA code on it that will date the unit.

Your's looks very much like Buglegirls, but she has the Dynamic Expander and the Noise suppressor on her's, with the R-3 Chassis. Mine is the WARWICK CHASSIS. I lightened the pics up a little so you could see the details. The speaker grille cloth has been changed since then.

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I just realized Sam, your turntable is the same model as mine. Watch out as it's old enough to file for Social Security and Medicare. And might even get it.
 
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Beautiful console! With a little care, everything in that console can be brought back up to original spec for years of enjoyment. You have come to the right place - there is a wealth of resources on this forum and folks with years of experience with Fisher equipment. It is definitely worth the effort to do it right.
 
Is that an old Webster-Chicago changer? Looks like it might have a GE-VRII or RPX on it based on that spinny knob. I wouldn't run stereo records on it but it'll make a fine 78 machine. I don't much love stacking 78's on a center drop spindle but I don't believe you can swap the spindle out for a single play on a machine like that.
 
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