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 Restoration
Before and After Photographs

 

Marconi Multiple Tuner
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After

Marconi 104R Short Wave Tuner


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After

Marconi Model 226A
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After

Marconi Bellini-Tossi Direction Finder


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After

 

Marconi 107A Tuner
 


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 Gecophone



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Marconi Cabinet Set

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British Post Office Double Current Telegraph Key

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Master-Baldwin "Throatype" Clarophone
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Marconi Starting Panel
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Edison Electric Pen Battery



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Marconi MC1 1.5kw Transmitter


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United Wireless Telegraph Type E Tuner


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Independent Telegraph Construction Co.
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Wireless Specialty Detectors


Perikon Before


Pyron Before


Perikon After


Pyron After

International Radio & Telegraph Tuner


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After

 


Marconi QMS 1/2kw Spark Transmitter
 


 

Marconi 106D Receiver

The condition of the set was very poor:
Case lid missing, base badly splintered & broken, buzzer missing, buzzer switch jammed & broken, tickler coil form missing. Many disconnected wires, Front panel badly stained, Tuning shaft frozen, Lots of dirt and mouse droppings.

The restoration involved building a new base and lid, replacing the buzzer, fixing all of the problems above. In order to clean the set it was completely disassembled. After cleaning, any metal that had to be polished (to remove screwdriver marks, for example) was chemically aged so the set looks clean, but not new.

I machined a new coil form for the tickler & rewound the tickler coil. I had to machine & cast a few other metal parts that were missing as well. Any missing wiring was replaced with period cotton wire.


 


 

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