Mr. Snoid
Well-known member
OMG!
I think I've figured out what the vent ring on the front of the piece I thought was Western Electric... It is the wind screen from a Western Electric 47-A amp with 394 capsule (transmitter)!!!!!... sheesh...
Take a look at the coutant site: http://www.coutant.org/we47/index.html
About halfway down the page, you'll see two clear pictures of the screen out of the housing. Somebody gutted the mic to make a couple of vents on the front of this supply! I guess 70 years ago that mic was worthless. Geez!
Guys,
I just uploaded some pics of the amps. I'm starting to think some could be Altec manufactured in transition after the forced seperation from Western. Were probably from a paramount Publix theater.
http://twin-x.com/groupdiy/thumbnails.php?album=396
Hey,
I scored a rack full of Mid-30's WE theater amps and power supplies for a price so low I'm ashamed to even say!
So far, I haven't been able to find specific model numbers on the equipment itself, with one exception (model 359?? (from memory... I'm at work) that doesn't generate a hit on google.) I've been searching all weekend, and the results are nada.
What I've got, working my way up from the bottom of the rack:
1.) big-ass power high-voltage supply with 2 866W 1000v mercury recitifiers, a shitload of oilcan capacitors, and about a 20 pound xformer.
2.) Another smaller supply with a couple of Mullard GZ34s on it, maybe for lower voltage supply,
3.) A big ass regulator probably for adjusting plate currents, filament currents, etc
4.) a big-ass power amp using twin 845W triodes
6.) an input or driver amp with daven attennuators, 1625 output tubes, Peerless tranny, UTC resonant frequency tone controls (which looked like an add-on unit), some metal 12sJ?? metal tubes, etc.
7.) Another voodo-box full of meters and switches. Most of the meters are by Simpson, not all WE.
The components include a couple of nice Peerless input and output trannies, nice UTC trannies, and an Acrousound output tranny.
I'll try to get some pictures, but I won't bother until I clean the 80 years of crap from everything. Most of the tubes were broken, with the exception of one United 845W, the two Mullard GZ34's, and some other wierdos. The frame of the bottom power supply has rusted an inch or so from the bottom lip,but nothing serious is compromised. Everything is in Black wrinkle paint, with period knobs and external brass scales attached to the aluminum faceplates.
Can anybody point me to some good sites or archives? So far, the Bunker of Doom site looks promising, but trying to download a 6oo+meg pdf of old WE amp data would take 11 hours, so I quit the download.
From the configuration, has anybody got ideas as to what models they could be? I know I shouldn't think of pulling parts off them, since they might be worth a lot whole, but so far, I see some really nice shit for LA-2A projects, etc. It would also make great props for period monster movies or sci-fi stuff.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tod
I think I've figured out what the vent ring on the front of the piece I thought was Western Electric... It is the wind screen from a Western Electric 47-A amp with 394 capsule (transmitter)!!!!!... sheesh...
Take a look at the coutant site: http://www.coutant.org/we47/index.html
About halfway down the page, you'll see two clear pictures of the screen out of the housing. Somebody gutted the mic to make a couple of vents on the front of this supply! I guess 70 years ago that mic was worthless. Geez!
Guys,
I just uploaded some pics of the amps. I'm starting to think some could be Altec manufactured in transition after the forced seperation from Western. Were probably from a paramount Publix theater.
http://twin-x.com/groupdiy/thumbnails.php?album=396
Hey,
I scored a rack full of Mid-30's WE theater amps and power supplies for a price so low I'm ashamed to even say!
So far, I haven't been able to find specific model numbers on the equipment itself, with one exception (model 359?? (from memory... I'm at work) that doesn't generate a hit on google.) I've been searching all weekend, and the results are nada.
What I've got, working my way up from the bottom of the rack:
1.) big-ass power high-voltage supply with 2 866W 1000v mercury recitifiers, a shitload of oilcan capacitors, and about a 20 pound xformer.
2.) Another smaller supply with a couple of Mullard GZ34s on it, maybe for lower voltage supply,
3.) A big ass regulator probably for adjusting plate currents, filament currents, etc
4.) a big-ass power amp using twin 845W triodes
6.) an input or driver amp with daven attennuators, 1625 output tubes, Peerless tranny, UTC resonant frequency tone controls (which looked like an add-on unit), some metal 12sJ?? metal tubes, etc.
7.) Another voodo-box full of meters and switches. Most of the meters are by Simpson, not all WE.
The components include a couple of nice Peerless input and output trannies, nice UTC trannies, and an Acrousound output tranny.
I'll try to get some pictures, but I won't bother until I clean the 80 years of crap from everything. Most of the tubes were broken, with the exception of one United 845W, the two Mullard GZ34's, and some other wierdos. The frame of the bottom power supply has rusted an inch or so from the bottom lip,but nothing serious is compromised. Everything is in Black wrinkle paint, with period knobs and external brass scales attached to the aluminum faceplates.
Can anybody point me to some good sites or archives? So far, the Bunker of Doom site looks promising, but trying to download a 6oo+meg pdf of old WE amp data would take 11 hours, so I quit the download.
From the configuration, has anybody got ideas as to what models they could be? I know I shouldn't think of pulling parts off them, since they might be worth a lot whole, but so far, I see some really nice shit for LA-2A projects, etc. It would also make great props for period monster movies or sci-fi stuff.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tod
