Brought home some goodies!

[Charlie]

Yesterday, I brought home a few radios that I got from a local friend. There are 3 radios, a Philco 84, Philco 84b, and a Silvertone 1955. These are all from the mid-30's. One of the Philco cathedrals is for me to keep for myself. The other Philco and the Silvertone are for a friend of mine in Houston. He'll come to get his sets next week.

All three radios play. The speaker in the Silvertone needs a minor patch job. Also, the Silvertone will only tune in AM stations. Haven't been able to get shortwave out of it. I'll dig around and see if I can figure out why. Runs on 9 tubes.

The two Philcos are 4-tube sets. They tune in stations pretty strong and have good volume, but a noticeable hum in the speaker. All the filters have already been changed with modern units. However, it seems I have always heard a very slight hum in electromagnetic speakers. The hum in these is a little more apparent than what I've normally experienced. Is there something else other than filters that would cause the hum? I notice that the hum in these two Philcos is identical. Perhaps it's just a characteristic of the set?

Cosmetically, they are all great! The two Philcos have been refinished with new like original speaker cloths. I'm glad to see they used a dull finish on them. It seems the Silvertone has the original finish and cloth. It has a minor wear in the finish from use. Someone took really good care of it.