{"id":18091,"date":"2016-04-05T07:18:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18091"},"modified":"2016-04-05T07:18:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:18:40","slug":"kens-e-h-scott-philharmonic-beam-of-light-console-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/kens-e-h-scott-philharmonic-beam-of-light-console-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken&#8217;s E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light console radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Open-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18094\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Open-2.jpg\" alt=\"E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light Open 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Open-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Open-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to an inquiry in our post about the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-crosley-radio-corporations-1936-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crosley\u00a0WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver<\/a>, <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ken Carr, writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>I&#8217;m not sure if my radio is a &#8216;benchmark&#8217; but it sure is close to it.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It is the <strong>E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light<\/strong> console radio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Outside-Closed.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18095\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Outside-Closed.jpg\" alt=\"E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light Outside Closed\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Outside-Closed.jpg 750w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-Outside-Closed-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Mine appears to have been built in 1939 or early 1940. It has 30 tubes, most of which are covered by chrome-plated shields. The power supply\/amplifier (4 6L6&#8217;s in the output stage), receiver, 15&#8243; speaker and cabinet easily weigh over 150 pounds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18093\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside.jpg\" alt=\"E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light inside\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-Light-inside-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>It took me two years of occasional work (I am retired so I don&#8217;t rush) to get it going and working reasonably well. I had to replace over 100 capacitors and correct some B+ voltage problems left by a previous repair person.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>None of the knobs are correct (mine came without them &#8230; 9 required) and replacements are\u00a0difficult to come by (and quite expensive when they do appear).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>When receiving a strong station the volume is such that it would easily drown out anything within 100 yards (and with no distortion).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18096\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial.jpg\" alt=\"E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of LightDial\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/E.-H.-Scott-Philharmonic-Beam-of-LightDial-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Some day I will post some details and photos on <a href=\"http:\/\/idlenot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">my WordPress site (idlenot.com).<\/a> I&#8217;ll be sure to let you know, Thomas. <\/em>[Note: Yes, Ken, please do!]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Oh, the first time I powered it up and received a station they were playing <strong>Light My Fire<\/strong> (The Doors, I think). Appropriate. I put a video of it on YouTube. The radio is all apart as I was still working on it at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9zO4eMjNdg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l9zO4eMjNdg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that is serendipity, Ken&#8211;I mean, the first music you hear after restoring this beauty is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light_My_Fire\" target=\"_blank\">Light My Fire<\/a><\/em>? Brilliant!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light is a benchmark console by any standard. I first learned about this radio through a local classified ad&#8211;the owner was selling the internal components (and original knobs) but had no cabinet. I believe he was asking $1200. The chrome plating is such eye candy, I can see why some owner in the past removed it from the cabinet to save space. Still, it was a shame the cabinet had been discarded&#8211;as one can see from your photos, the craftsmanship is simply stunning.<\/p>\n<p>Ken, thank you for taking the time to share the Beam of Light console with us!<\/p>\n<p><em>Post<\/em> readers: you should check out Ken&#8217;s blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/idlenot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Idlenot.com<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll find more vintage radio\u00a0and classic cars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to an inquiry in our post about the Crosley\u00a0WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver, SWLing Post contributor, Ken Carr, writes: I&#8217;m not sure if my radio is a &#8216;benchmark&#8217; but it sure is close to it. It is the E. H. Scott Philharmonic Beam of Light console radio. Mine appears to have been built [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,8,3194,3,305,288,26,43,4796],"tags":[464,3659,4925,4926,4764,4394],"class_list":["post-18091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-articles","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-antique-radio","tag-console-radios","tag-e-h-scott-philharmonic-beam-of-light-console-radio","tag-e-h-scott","tag-ken-carr-ke1ri","tag-vintage-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4HN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-crosley-radio-corporations-1936-wlw-model-super-power-radio-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":18091,"position":0},"title":"The Crosley Radio Corporation\u2019s 1936 \u201cWLW Model  Super-Power Radio Receiver\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"April 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Nuts and Volts) In 1935, the Zenith Radio Corporation produced a stunning radio receiver called the Stratosphere model 1000Z. 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