philips: 371A ;

I have got one of those Philips 371A/15.

They seem to be British Made. Some of them seem to have a Philips-Symbol on the left side, and some not.

Does anyone know, how this came about?

 

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Hello Bruce,

The Philips 371As (and 371Us) should all have a badge on the left hand front, Trouble is, they tend to fall off, indeed the badge was missing from my 371A when I acquired it but luckily I managed to find a replacement. It is the same metal badge fitted to many other 1940s Philips sets built in Europe.

Regards ..........Howard

 

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Thank you, Howard

I thought, they might have run out of it because of the times in the forties ;)

I have to look for a replacement then, one finds copies of the badges in Holland, it will be one of those.

 

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Come to think, Howard, what kind of glue did they use at that time? I cannot spot any residu on the bakelite, and I would expect to see that (see picture in the collection of the radiomuseum). No hole either ... Do you have a picture of your radio, before you fitted the emblem?

Nowadays there are glues that stick as hell - were those available at the time? (Maybe not, you might say, for all the emblems fell off, hihi...)

 

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Hello Bruce

Here's a pic of my Philips 371A without its badge, there was no glue residue  .....

 I don't know what glue was originally used, but it wasn't very good !

And here is the correct badge for this set, in need of a bit of touch-up paint .....

I used a spot of superglue to stick it on.

Regards ............ Howard

PS: The white paint around the inside rims of the two front knobs is incorrect and has since been removed.

 

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A real bauty it is!

With or without badge...

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