Stromberg Carlson TC-125

[Kevin Kuehn]

I thought you guys might like to see some more pictures of this somewhat uncommon set. This is the set I posted the Craigslist link to over in the Curbside forum. http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=256644

Last Saturday I finally broke down and made the 3 hour journey to go fetch it. I could tell from the sellers photo's that the cabinet was in fair enough condition. What those photo's didn't fully reveal was the extent to which this set had suffered a mouse invasion at some point in the past. Well thankfully the critters along with their smell was long gone. At any rate I wasn't about to leave the set behind after making the 3 hour trip. The set has a GE branded 12LP4 CRT that tested well into the green after only a couple minutes at 6.3 volts. In my book that's a sign of a very strong CRT. I've started the slow and painful process of cleaning the mouse poo off the chassis. I'll post more pictures of how that's going at a later date.

Link to the pictures http://s452.photobucket.com/albums/q...rlson%20TC125/

[Kevin Kuehn]

I'd be interested in the missing knobs, and the back, if by some miraculous chance...

[bandersen]

I have some spare metal Stromberg knobs you're welcome to.



Picture/Volume
Phono 7-13 2-6
Horizontal / Vertical

[Eric H]

It doesn't look too bad, I rebuilt a chassis like that from the Manhattan model that was a basket case, pee and rust all over but it came out fine.

Does it have the Zoom switch on the tuning shaft? if it does then that is probably the wrong knob on it now.

What size is the missing speaker? I possibly have something that will fit.

[M3-SRT8]

That's a cool set. You could turn it into a real looker.

Here's mine, a TS-10 with matching stand and 3 speed record changer.









Everything works, including the changer.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I have some spare metal Stromberg knobs you're welcome to.

Thanks! PM on the way.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Does it have the Zoom switch on the tuning shaft? if it does then that is probably the wrong knob on it now.

What size is the missing speaker? I possibly have something that will fit.

I think I've recently seen your Youtube video on that chassis. That one turned out very nice.

No Opera Glass zoom on this one, the center of the tuning shaft goes to a pot. I'm pretty sure that Bakelite knob is not original. I'm a little confused right now to as what all the control functions should be. I have Sams 95A-13, but it's one of those one page preliminary jobs, very hard to read. It doesn't even tell me which control functions are ganged. Eventually I can trace the wiring, for now I'm concentrating on getting the poo off this thing. The set needs a 12" pm speaker, looks like standard 11-5/8" across the bolt holes. Actually I have a 12" I can use, but it's not of the correct vintage.

Lee, Your Stromberg set is a real beauty.

[ohohyodafarted]

Here is what the restored "opera glass" model looks like

http://antiquetvguy.com/Web%20Pages/...son-TC125.html

[Bill Cahill]

I have a similar set with the 16GP4 metal picture tube. It has a double D mask.
Mine has big problems, including that the hv cap in hv cage had blown up, and, the damper had a melt down.
I rear my flyback may be toast, but, one day, I'll look into the set.
I don't relish rebuilding it because you have to remove that picture tube to get half thw wiring.
Bill Cahill

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Here is what the restored "opera glass" model looks like

Bob,

Your TC-125 is the only one I found when I Googled the model. Do you know if your speaker is original to your set?

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

I have a similar set with the 16GP4 metal picture tube. It has a double D mask.
Mine has big problems, including that the hv cap in hv cage had blown up, and, the damper had a melt down.
I rear my flyback may be toast, but, one day, I'll look into the set.
I don't relish rebuilding it because you have to remove that picture tube to get half thw wiring.
Bill Cahill

Bill, First thing I did was pull my CRT so I could better clean the chassis. On this set it was very easy to pull it straight out the front.

Does anyone know if these various TC-125 models are covered in Riders?

[bandersen]

Yes, in volume 4 with updates in 5 and 6.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Thanks.

[Bill Cahill]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Bill, First thing I did was pull my CRT so I could better clean the chassis. On this set it was very easy to pull it straight out the front.

Does anyone know if these various TC-125 models are covered in Riders?

Mine will only come out the back. To make matters worse, apparently to get more room for the picture tube, they mounted the entire chassis on an empty sub chassis.
Yikes! Alot of dead weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine is compltete, and, has a fairly nice case with decorative molding on top.
No doors, though.
Has speaker grill cut out like that of their more deluxe 24" models.
Mine has suffered alot with a blown electrolytic, and, burned resistors. The owner said he plugged it in, and, it made a loud audio hum.
Hope I can fix it.
Bill Cahill

[ohohyodafarted]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Bob,

Your TC-125 is the only one I found when I Googled the model. Do you know if your speaker is original to your set?

Can't say for sure if it is the one it left the factory with. All I can say is it is the one that was in the set when I got it.. Unfortunately all sets have been in storage for more than16 months now. I cant get at anything until my construction project is finished and I can remove everything from the storage units and bring them all home.

I posted photos of the progress of the construction on my web site yesterday. (link below) The story is listed in the Web site menu as "Bob's Bunker" It's worth taking a look at. It has been 12 months in the planning and construction stages and now construction has been halted until spring due to winter weather.