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What model fisher is this??

cooljjay

cooljjay

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Fisher Coronet Model Console

Okay I vowed not to buy in more console but I found another, they are calling this a fisher coronet. Don't have a photo of the doors open, I am hoping the bottom isn't rotted out. I look up that model and can't find a cabinet like it. So maybe someone can id it by the cabinet.

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Jason. Looks to be contemporary style, 1956-58 era. But Red's database only goes back to 58. If the bottom is THAT FAR GONE, GUT IT! Then tell us what ya got.

Larry
 
larryderouin said:
Jason. Looks to be contemporary style, 1956-58 era. But Red's database only goes back to 58. If the bottom is THAT FAR GONE, GUT IT! Then tell us what ya got.

Larry
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Well its earlier then that, there is a repair note on it dated 1953. This is really an impressive console, it appears to be solid. There is a monster speaker in the rear, I have the original instruction letter and it is called The Fisher Coronet Model. I paid 100$ for it, I know I shouldn't have but never seeing one like it before made the final push. The lady pulled the knobs off and I was only able to find 3. The worst thing I can see with it is its eye tube is smashed. But just look at that speaker :yikes:

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Wow Jason, that is going to be a real looker when you get her cleaned up! What's that chassis number?

Dave
 
relaximus said:
Wow Jason, that is going to be a real looker when you get her cleaned up! What's that chassis number?

Dave
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I know, I need to stay farrrrr away from consoles. I love them but I hate having a house of consoles. The chassis number is R2. I wish I could find more info on her.
 
You may win the prize for the earliest Fisher console that's turned up around here...

Is that a coax speaker?
 
Sam Cogley said:
You may win the prize for the earliest Fisher console that's turned up around here...

Is that a coax speaker?
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I think so, thats why I couldn't pass it up.

I don't know, it sure looks like a altec coaxial to me, I will have to pull it and look the numbers up. But I want to venture a guess to yes it is. When I flipped the chassis over I noticed another tranny underneath, there are 4 6V6's in the amp section.
 
The Speaker looks like a Jensen , i have a newer version of it removed from another Fisher console . Its missing one of the 6V6's it should have four .The output transformers are wonderful , they have some nickel core , i have two pair of the transformers .
 
Man, you have a knack for finding what I would consider "museum quality" consoles. I know of no earlier Fisher chassis than the R-2 which is from 1952. There was probably an R-1 from the dim, dark days of Fisher's infancy in the late 40s but but I have no definite knowledge of its existence. Actually, there is an earlier chassis but it was from Avery's first company, Philharmonic Radio - the 1938 model that he donated to the Smithsonian.

Your 1952 "Allegro" Radio-Phonograph is easily the earliest intact Fisher console I have ever heard of. This one deserves a place alongside your Ampex 423! And don't you have a Capehart, too? I hope you have adequate facilities to put your collection on public display.

Dig that sleek, modern cabinet - at least for 1952:

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there's no catalog cut for 1952 at hifilit.com, but there is from 1949 and 1955. of all the likely suspects, the only one with that double-hump is the H-510 coaxial...from the 1949 catalog. all others seem to have only one hump. though i very well could be wrong, and it could just be an early version of their "special design" speaker.
 
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Lets see a photo of the turntable, and front of naked speaker, pretty please.
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Heres the the turntable, I will get the speaker out some time tonight, so many things to do :D

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Its missing one of the 6V6's it should have four .The output transformers are wonderful , they have some nickel core , i have two pair of the transformers .
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I have the mia 6v6, it was laying lose so I stuck it in the bag. I have plenty of spares too.

TheRed1 said:
Your 1952 "Allegro" Radio-Phonograph is easily the earliest intact Fisher console I have ever heard of. This one deserves a place alongside your Ampex 423! And don't you have a Capehart, too? I hope you have adequate facilities to put your collection on public display.
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Thanks much I knew you would have something on it. It will be on display in some corner somewhere. I have 2 capehart cabinets but not a complete capehart yet. It is strange how the ad calls it an Allegro but the instruction sheet calls it a Coronet. I can't believe that I have one of the earliest fishers, makes me smile big :D

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While it's not the double-sided VR cartridge, that cart looks like a GE.

Unless it is a VR and the button is hiding under the headshell...
 
Very nice! Should clean up/refinish easy! That looks like a Jensen coaxial speaker in there too btw. Never seen a fisher with 6v6's, cool! Is it ~30 watts? You said four 6v6's...
 
Sam Cogley said:
Unless it is a VR and the button is hiding under the headshell...
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The one brown cart had a button coming through the head but its missing the button needle assembly. The red one does have a ge logo, I haven't looked over the one with the missing needle for a name.

Here is the speaker, looks very similar to my altec 603B.

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cooljjay said:
It is strange how the ad calls it an Allegro but the instruction sheet calls it a Coronet. I can't believe that I have one of the earliest fishers, makes me smile big :D
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It IS a Coronet . . . AND an Allegro. My Fisher chassis database lists the R-2 as belonging to the 1952 Coronet Radio-Phonograph but the cabinet style you found (and the one in the ad) is the Allegro.

Further research indicates the name "Allegro" dates back to at least 1950 and I have ads from as far back as 1948 with illustrations of your exact console but without the "Allegro" name. That cabinet style seems to go back nearly to Fisher's genesis in 1945.

It's possible that the cabinet maker was Frederick Tibbenham, Ltd. of Ipswich, England. They definitely made Fisher's Georgian styled cabinets during this period and may possibly have been the makers of yours. If you can identify the woods used in its construction you might be able to figure out its origins like the appraisers on Antiques Roadshow.

Thank you for posting the Coronet documentation - I'll definitely be printing copies for my files.

Here's a Campbell's Music ad from exactly 60 years ago, April 1950:

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TheRed1 said:
Further research indicates the name "Allegro" dates back to at least 1950 and I have ads from as far back as 1948 with illustrations of your exact console but without the "Allegro" name. That cabinet style seems to go back nearly to Fisher's genesis in 1945.
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That is just amazing, I still don't think I am worthy of having such a rare piece. Looking up the speaker code, it indicates is a Jensen made the 16th week of 1950. So it is a 1950 version of the Allegro. I wonder if there are many of these in existence? Your welcome for the documents.
 
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