Awesome work. Sometime back I rebuilt one of these (or one under a different name, but the amplifier section looked identical). It belonged to an elderly women in the the neighborhood. I had never really talked to her before, but another neighbor asked if i could help move something heavy for her. When i walked into her house it was like a time capsule, she had hundreds of records. Her husband bought it for her brand new in the early 60s from what she told me. Her husband passed in the mid 90s and she said they listened to their records all of the time. I guess it stopped working shortly after her husband passed, it stopped playing music and made horrible sounds when powered on. She was telling me how much she missed it, so I asked her if she would mind if I removed the amp and took a look at it. I took it home and completely restored it for here, the only issues were that pretty much every capacitor was either open or had extremely high ESR. Also all of the controls were filthy. Luckily all of the germaniums were still good. I also restored the turntable and rebuilt the speaker crossovers for her.
That thing sounded pretty darn good, it weighed a ton too. The look on her face when she played her favorite record easily made it all worth it.
Hopefully, and it looks like you are, you will bring it back to its former glory. It’s cool to think about what the possible history these things had, what kind of parties they saw, and what music played through them to bring couples together. I’ll keep an eye on this thread, keep up the good work!
Dan
