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Originally Posted by G8UWM-MildMartin
I appreciate that you'd like an original Silvertone 12Q7GT "tube" but they were only sold in the USA. One may crop up on Ebay.com occasionally if you keep a watch, but the postage will not be cheap! (Sears/ Silvertone didn't make them, just put their name on, anyway)
BRIMAR (BRItish Made American Range), Ferranti, Tungsram (and probably others I've forgotten) made (or imported) valves especially as replacements for any American ones in sets in use in the UK.
Since the original brand was never sold here and they did sometimes fail, no-one would know that it wasn't an authentic 1940s-1950s repair for any other make then available in the UK to be used as a replacement.
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The Sears/Silvertone valves were, either OEM or purchased at a Sears store or though the Sears catalogue. It possibly was repaired at a Sears repair center, as it appears that the 35Z4/5 was replaced early in the life of the radio.
BTW, that radio was built by Detrola, a firm that went out of business in the late 40's.
Dave, USradcoll1 A bit of trivia for today!