Boss wants to give wife radio as birthday present.

[Pilot Mariner]

Thanks gents for the continuing suggestions.

I have told him it will be very difficult to obtain what he wants and may need to wait as it seems he does not want anything "run of the mill".

Originally Posted by Station X

Isn't the problem going to be that having identified a suitable set it might be very difficult to obtain one in good working order and cosmetic condition?

I think we have this covered as he does cabinet polishing as a hobby and has helped me out finishing the odd set, and I could sort out the electronics for him.

I suspect the A92 although would fit in my collection nicely would be too quirky for him, but I have put it to him.

Edit - he says it's too square (roll of the eyes).

Mark

[dave walsh]

Show him some more photos to narrow it down a bit but if he's impressed by repro you might have a job on. Ideally, it would be better to leave out the surprise element and run it by the recipient for a guaranteed result.

Dave W

[stevehertz]

Mark what about the limited edition 3/4 size copy Philips made of the round topped 634a that they issued in the 80s? No restoration issues, lightish wood, round topped, classic 30s styling, shouldn't be too expensive, gets R4?

[Radio Wrangler]

I see a Murphy A92 has just appeared in the offered section

David

[dave walsh]

Already noticed David but Mark's boss thinks it's too square [p21]

Dave

[Graham G3ZVT]

Clearly what is needed is needed is an app that will flash images from The Radio Museum to Mark's employers phone, and he swipes left to reject them and right if they have any merit...

...But to be serious for a moment, you can set search parameters in radiomusium.org and I am currently looking at UK radios between 1930 to 1939 displayed as thumbnail images.
I have already discovered it's best to limit each search to a couple of years, or else you don't get the complete listing. Let's just hope that his ideal set isn't too rare.

[Pilot Mariner]

Originally Posted by stevehertz

Mark what about the limited edition 3/4 size copy Philips made of the round topped 634a that they issued in the 80s? No restoration issues, lightish wood, round topped, classic 30s styling, shouldn't be too expensive, gets R4?

Yes Steve he's a fussy fella but I think he would be happy with a repro, but they seem to be going for a high price.

[HamishBoxer]

There is one here in good cosmetic order,though it has ceased to function and I have not had time to look at it yet.

[crackle]

How about one of these

http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/kb_images/kb286/kb286.htm
or
http://www.kbmuseum.org.uk/kb_images/kb279/kb279.htm

Mike

[Pilot Mariner]

The KBs look very nice, if I found one I would keep it for myself.

Originally Posted by HamishBoxer

There is one here in good cosmetic order,though it has ceased to function and I have not had time to look at it yet.

Hi HamishBoxer, could you post a picture of it please.

Mark

[Pilot Mariner]

After much deliberation and persuading my fussy Boss that to obtain he really wants would be very difficult, he liked the look of the Pye P75, a bit of a departure from his original brief.

Fortunately I had an un-restored example in my collection which by coincidence was given to me by my previous Boss at my last place of employment.

After a cabinet polish, a change of the usual components and a new EL41 valve he is chuffed to bits with it.

Hopefully I will be chuffed to bits when it comes to pay rise time!

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Mark

[Nickthedentist]

Well done. I was going to suggest a 1950s set too as there are plenty of "blonde" finished ones around which still have a fairly traditional look to them, yet they cost next to nothing to acquire.

Got any pictures for us?

N.

[Pilot Mariner]

Thank you Nick, it does sound very good also.

This is the P75A, wonder what the difference is between the P75 and P75A.

Here are some pictures.

Mark

[Nickthedentist]

That looks very nice indeed. I have one of these on the pile to do at some stage, as well as a P76.

N.