From the early 1950's in great original cosmetic condition.
These are very clean, no rust or corrosion and all silk
screening is in very good condition. I
have just completed an electronic
restoration and they work perfect. These amps are so rare
that there is very little technical information on them. I have
managed to secure and re-master the only published technical bulletin/owners
instructions that I'm
aware of plus a schematic. I will include nice re-mastered
copies with the sale.
Here's what the electronic
restoration involved:
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First I un-did some electronic
modifications that were done by someone in the past.
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I carefully restored the
electronics to the specifications of the schematic that was
drawn by the HH Scott Co.
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New tubes, capacitors & power
cords have been replaced.
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I made three modifications to the
circuitry of each unit as follows:
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One; was to install a surge
resistor in the power supply B+ line.
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Two; modified the output tube's
cathode bias circuitry to obtain the correct filament voltage
for the two 12AX7's.
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Three; the power transformer
was designed for a lower AC line voltage than what's supplied to
most of our homes today (mine is 121 volts). This made
the tubes run quite hot as not only was the B+ voltage elevated,
the filament voltage was also quite high. Since there are no
taps on the power transformer's primary, I solved the problem by
installing a bucking transformer in the power transformer's
primary. This devise is carefully installed and hidden under the
chassis. It can be seen on the underside images of the
amplifiers just above the power transformer's terminals.
There are minor physical differences in the two amplifiers. One
has a holder for a spare line fuse, one filter can and has no
serial number. The other has no such holder, has two filter cans
and a serial number of 2119. The chassis colors vary a bit also. The transformers and circuitry are
the same in both units.
These measure approximately 17x11x9" and weight 45 lb ea. The
shipping weight when properly packaged will be closer to 55 lbs.