The Friday Fisher Find, didn’t think it would happen.

Dswankey said:
If it is tubed there should be a plethora of potentially slightly used yummy, yummy 12AX7's



Did yours have colored paint on them? here's some I found many years ago in an Ampex RtR

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No paint on the tubes out of any Ampex that passed through here. In fact, I've never seen paint like that. On tips is relatively common, but never on the body itself.
 
Yeah man that's fantastic you got it! The Type A table is pretty nice too!
Inflation adjusted it would of cost over $15,000 today.
 
Luckyorleans said:
Is that a tube Ampex deck? I pulled an F44 from a console and it has nice Telefunken tubes - 5 Telefunken 12AX7 ECC83 dated 1963.
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It's a 1961 Ampex 1250, the successor to the Ampex 952(gray) / 954(brown) / 960(cased gray) / 970(cased w/monitor amps) -- and the predecessor to the F44. Usually these are filled with SonoTone-branded tubes -- likely Telefunken mfg but there are other possibilities including Siemens
 
There's only a handful of consoles I'd clear room for and that's one of them, not only that but I'd load up on period-correct music and enjoy a blissful year of music. Let us know what speakers it came with, and thanks for not destroying, I'm sure it was someones pride and joy for years.
 
The trick is to only lift one end and not try to deadlift the whole thing. Pick up the end, drag it over and onto the edge, then set it down, lift the other end and push.
I've moved many heavy items singlehanded that way.

I've also heard of folks rolling heavy amps up a couple flight of stairs the same way too...
 
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Andyman said:
The trick is to only lift one end and not try to deadlift the whole thing. Pick up the end, drag it over and onto the edge, then set it down, lift the other end and push.
I've moved many heavy items singlehanded that way.

I've also heard of folks rolling heavy amps up a couple flight of stairs the same way too...
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which effectively turns the cabinet into a large lever, one of those simple machines from millenia ago.
 
jberger said:
which effectively turns the cabinet into a large lever, one of those simple machines from millenia ago.
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Yep. You gain a mechanical advantage basically equal to the effective lever length of your point of contact to the center of gravity. Once again, working smart, not hard.
 
My profile picture is from the day I brought home a Fisher console in my late beloved Solara convertible (I briefly considered some temporary wiring from the car amp to the console speakers for the drive, just because I could).
 
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