I went over to a local antique mall not too far from my house just to see what they had lying around. I passed a group of WW II era furniture without much of a thought and went on to check out the rest of the mall. On my way back by I glanced towards the furniture when I noticed this:
I stopped in my tracks and walked back to check it out. I had to move a ton of other crap to free it up enough to take a look into the back of the unit where I found this tag.
The price was already pretty cheap and I went to the counter and asked the lady working there if she could call the people that owned it and make an offer for me. Much to my surprise they accepted at less than half of an already low asking price. I figured, why not. Farnsworth was made in my wife's hometown and being as her dad is an electrical engineer and here step-dad was a TV repairman, I've heard plenty about Farnsworth over the years.
I got it home and the first thing I did was pull and test all the tubes. (No, I wasn't dumb enough to fire it up). Here is a list; one 7AG7, one 6AG5, one 6C4, four 6SK7s, one 6H6, one 6SA7, two 6SQ7s, two 6V6GTs, and on 5U4. About half tested bad so I went ahead and ordered replacements for those. I don't know what I'm going to do with this yet. It has two projects ahead of it in line. I might try to do a complete restoration or I could just yank the amp and tuner a make a mono system out of it. The turntable concerns me most because I don't know where to begin with that one. It has a three band tuner with AM/FM and shortwave. Dig those crazy FM channels. Here are some more pictures.
Turntable: I don't know what all those crazy contraptions are for.
Three-band tuner
Close-up of amp
Best picture I could get of the speaker
What the heck is that!
I found a some advertising and a schematic online and plan on pulling it apart when I get a chance. Any input would be appreciated.
Kevin
I stopped in my tracks and walked back to check it out. I had to move a ton of other crap to free it up enough to take a look into the back of the unit where I found this tag.
The price was already pretty cheap and I went to the counter and asked the lady working there if she could call the people that owned it and make an offer for me. Much to my surprise they accepted at less than half of an already low asking price. I figured, why not. Farnsworth was made in my wife's hometown and being as her dad is an electrical engineer and here step-dad was a TV repairman, I've heard plenty about Farnsworth over the years.
I got it home and the first thing I did was pull and test all the tubes. (No, I wasn't dumb enough to fire it up). Here is a list; one 7AG7, one 6AG5, one 6C4, four 6SK7s, one 6H6, one 6SA7, two 6SQ7s, two 6V6GTs, and on 5U4. About half tested bad so I went ahead and ordered replacements for those. I don't know what I'm going to do with this yet. It has two projects ahead of it in line. I might try to do a complete restoration or I could just yank the amp and tuner a make a mono system out of it. The turntable concerns me most because I don't know where to begin with that one. It has a three band tuner with AM/FM and shortwave. Dig those crazy FM channels. Here are some more pictures.
Turntable: I don't know what all those crazy contraptions are for.
Three-band tuner
Close-up of amp
Best picture I could get of the speaker
What the heck is that!
I found a some advertising and a schematic online and plan on pulling it apart when I get a chance. Any input would be appreciated.
Kevin