I've had a very interesting weekend!
Here's the story:
My wife came home last Friday saying she had seen a tube amplifier at a rumage sale. Of course, my ears pricked up and we jumped back into the car. The rumage sale was a fundraiser at a local elementary school. I'd already combed the place the day before and picked up a nice old Jensen driver for a buck, so I figured the amplifier had to have just been dropped off.
As we pulled into the school lot, I glanced over at the entrance and nearly lost control of the car! There was a hulking peice of mahogany and brass, unmistakeable even at a hundred yards--an Electovoice Patrician IV!
I parked and ran over to it, my wife trailing behind. I placed her beside it, telling her to defend it with her life, and ran on into the school to find a cashier. (On my run in, I passed a old organ tone cabinet--what my wife had seen, having just walked by the Patrician!)
A minute later, the beautiful old Patrician was mine--for all of $65. (They wanted $500 for the organ tone cabinet, so I passed.)
They even delivered it for free.
I know very little about Patrician IVs, so now I am full of questions!
1) How much is it worth (complete and working, though somewhat weathered condition)?
2) Should I consider having it refinished?
3) If so, where?
4) Anyone have any other words of wisdom?
Bill
(PS. For those of you who visit the vintage asylum, sorry for the double post.)
Here's the story:
My wife came home last Friday saying she had seen a tube amplifier at a rumage sale. Of course, my ears pricked up and we jumped back into the car. The rumage sale was a fundraiser at a local elementary school. I'd already combed the place the day before and picked up a nice old Jensen driver for a buck, so I figured the amplifier had to have just been dropped off.
As we pulled into the school lot, I glanced over at the entrance and nearly lost control of the car! There was a hulking peice of mahogany and brass, unmistakeable even at a hundred yards--an Electovoice Patrician IV!
I parked and ran over to it, my wife trailing behind. I placed her beside it, telling her to defend it with her life, and ran on into the school to find a cashier. (On my run in, I passed a old organ tone cabinet--what my wife had seen, having just walked by the Patrician!)
A minute later, the beautiful old Patrician was mine--for all of $65. (They wanted $500 for the organ tone cabinet, so I passed.)
They even delivered it for free.
I know very little about Patrician IVs, so now I am full of questions!
1) How much is it worth (complete and working, though somewhat weathered condition)?
2) Should I consider having it refinished?
3) If so, where?
4) Anyone have any other words of wisdom?
Bill
(PS. For those of you who visit the vintage asylum, sorry for the double post.)