07 I would like to get an old radio or an old phonograph. Where can I find one?
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This article is from the Antique Radios And Phonographs FAQ, by Hank van Cleef vancleef@netcom with numerous contributions by others.
07 I would like to get an old radio or an old phonograph. Where can I find one?
Generally, these items are where you find them. There are dealers
who specialize in old radios and old phonographs, and these may be the
best source if you want something that has been restored to good working
condition as well as cosmetically. Second hand stores and thrift shops,
estate sales, moving sales, garage sales all can produce interesting
items, and it is possible to find some real bargains. Keep in mind that
the source of supply is attics, barns, storerooms, where these were
tucked away, maybe as much as fifty or seventy years ago. They may or
may not have been working when they were stored.
Keep in mind that acoustical phonographs have parts in their reproducers
that deteriorate over time, and that lubricants deteriorate as well.
Electronic equipment also has components that deteriorate over time as
well. What you are looking at may have been stored in working condition
forty or fifty years ago, and look clean as a whistle, but be in need of
major work before you can use it.
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