Like most radio collectors, there is a point that a person becomes more choosy about which radios to add to the pile - I mean - collection.
For most, this limitation is applied to radios without a high number of tubes or radios that are not rare or valuable (rare does not always = value). Or radios from a certain period. Almost everyone stops buying consoles at some point.
Some collect brand-name radios. Zenith is always popular as are the high-end manufactures like Scott. Crosley is not usually considered a high end manufacture (WLW excluded). This thinking is what led to my comments about passing on Crosley "Fivers". (See posts below)
Well, the WLW is not the only high-end Crosley. In the collection of radios that was donated last year was a 9-tube Clipper which is a 915-EK. This chassis employs a shadow meter rather than an eye-tube so it would be the equivalent of a 10-tuber w/eyetube. Actually, a shadow meter is superior in that this one has lasted 85 years which is very unlikely for an eye-tube. It is a table model. It is rare. Check, check, check! Maybe I should keep this one.
For most, this limitation is applied to radios without a high number of tubes or radios that are not rare or valuable (rare does not always = value). Or radios from a certain period. Almost everyone stops buying consoles at some point.
Some collect brand-name radios. Zenith is always popular as are the high-end manufactures like Scott. Crosley is not usually considered a high end manufacture (WLW excluded). This thinking is what led to my comments about passing on Crosley "Fivers". (See posts below)
Well, the WLW is not the only high-end Crosley. In the collection of radios that was donated last year was a 9-tube Clipper which is a 915-EK. This chassis employs a shadow meter rather than an eye-tube so it would be the equivalent of a 10-tuber w/eyetube. Actually, a shadow meter is superior in that this one has lasted 85 years which is very unlikely for an eye-tube. It is a table model. It is rare. Check, check, check! Maybe I should keep this one.
It is difficult to find another picture of the Clipper though the cabinet may have been used on other models like the 1055 EK Constitution from the same year.
There was very little corrosion on the chassis and what existed was easily treated.
This is another radio that had many original components removed and replaced with modem ones. I was able to locate original parts (mostly capacitors) by original part numbers and they were rebuilt and reinstalled in the chassis. Above is an after picture.
Finding original parts to rebuild is becoming more difficult. I have used most of my Crosley-branded caps in recent projects. If anyone has a stash of old parts that were removed from any early radio, I could use them for rebuilding and that would be superior to using them to line a garbage can (clink). (You can always ID a bad paper cap because it goes "clink" when it hits the can)
Finding original parts to rebuild is becoming more difficult. I have used most of my Crosley-branded caps in recent projects. If anyone has a stash of old parts that were removed from any early radio, I could use them for rebuilding and that would be superior to using them to line a garbage can (clink). (You can always ID a bad paper cap because it goes "clink" when it hits the can)
It is tough to compare this radio with other manufactures products such as the Philco 116B since the small speaker that Crosley used is clearly inferior to the 10" used in the Philco (which also uses a shadow-meter)
https://www.russoldradios.com/blog/big-philco-tombstone-116b
https://www.russoldradios.com/blog/big-philco-tombstone-116b
The cabinet was in good shape but had been refinished - so I refinished it again.
Colored dots on the band selector match band colors on the dial.
Pictures copyright Russ' Old Radios
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