Howard Bingham wrote:

I need a reliable source of tubes to restore several Grundig &
Blaupunkt table radios which are missing several tubes.

Take a look at:

http://www.helmut-singer.de/

Regards,

Ralf

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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:18:04 -0600, Howard Bingham
wrote:

I need a reliable source of tubes to restore several Grundig &
Blaupunkt table radios which are missing several tubes.

I also need a tube diagram or schematic diagram of a Blaupunkt Ballet
model # 20003 table radio (Late 50's - early 60's).

Howard Bingham, Houston, Tx.

Howard Bingham wrote:
I need a reliable source of tubes to restore several Grundig &
Blaupunkt table radios which are missing several tubes.

I also need a tube diagram or schematic diagram of a Blaupunkt Ballet
model # 20003 table radio (Late 50's - early 60's).

Howard Bingham, Houston, Tx.

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All the common European tubes are available
from a number of online vacuum tube dealers.
Do Yahoo search on "vacuum tubes" and snoop
around. As for the schematic, you might
try Walter Groer at
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/6483/

He doesn't have the specific model number you
requested on his Blaupunkt page, but every
Ballett he does have listed uses the same tube
line-up so I'll bet they're all pretty similar.
Of course the chassis layout can be wildly different
from set to set but they're all 5 tube sets so
shouldn't be too hard to figger out. Sams
Photofact also has a Ballett listed. See if one
of your local libraries carries them.

"Howard Bingham" wrote in message
...
I need a reliable source of tubes to restore several Grundig &
Blaupunkt table radios which are missing several tubes.

Nearly all US tube vendors stock European tubes.

Antique Electronics Supply might have the largest stock of old tubes:

http://tubesandmore.com/

You can also do a search for a given tube number and come up with number of
other vendors.

Nearly all European tubes cross over to a US style Radio Manufacturers
Association number. For example, the ECC81 is the 12AT7. You can find
other subs, and much more at:

http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/tubesearch.php



I also need a tube diagram or schematic diagram of a Blaupunkt Ballet
model # 20003 table radio (Late 50's - early 60's).

Howard Bingham, Houston, Tx.

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Frank Dresser wrote:

Nearly all US tube vendors stock European tubes.

Antique Electronics Supply might have the largest stock of old tubes:

http://tubesandmore.com/

You can also do a search for a given tube number and come up with number of
other vendors.

Nearly all European tubes cross over to a US style Radio Manufacturers
Association number. For example, the ECC81 is the 12AT7. You can find
other subs, and much more at:

http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/tubesearch.php





AES is usually a bit more expensive than
the rest, sometimes as much as 50%. A dealer
I've dealt with only once or twice but seems
to be a very nice guy and has good prices on
tubes is at http://www.radiodaze.com/

Larry

"Larry Ozarow" wrote in message
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AES is usually a bit more expensive than
the rest, sometimes as much as 50%. A dealer
I've dealt with only once or twice but seems
to be a very nice guy and has good prices on
tubes is at http://www.radiodaze.com/

Larry

That's a good point. I buy most of my tubes from other sources, but I
usually check with my AES catalog first, just to establish a sort of
baseline.

The best service I've had came from Triode Electronics, but they don't stock
many radio tubes.

http://store.yahoo.com/triodeel/index.html

I've also had excellent results from ESRC, Fair Radio and Brent Jessee
Recording. Actually, the only less than excellent result I've had came from
AES. I ordered some new 6X8 from an AES sales flyer, and it turned out that
a couple of them were obviously used and the box and tube brands didn't
match on one of the used tubes. The used tubes tested weak as well. I
didn't bother complaining, because the price was good, and tubes which test
weak usually work OK.

I got most of my tubes in used bulk lots.

Frank Dresser

Frank Dresser wrote:



That's a good point. I buy most of my tubes from other sources, but I
usually check with my AES catalog first, just to establish a sort of
baseline.

The best service I've had came from Triode Electronics, but they don't stock
many radio tubes.

http://store.yahoo.com/triodeel/index.html

I've also had excellent results from ESRC, Fair Radio and Brent Jessee
Recording. Actually, the only less than excellent result I've had came from
AES. I ordered some new 6X8 from an AES sales flyer, and it turned out that
a couple of them were obviously used and the box and tube brands didn't
match on one of the used tubes. The used tubes tested weak as well. I
didn't bother complaining, because the price was good, and tubes which test
weak usually work OK.

I got most of my tubes in used bulk lots.

Frank Dresser


I've even had some good luck on e-bay. Often the price
of a fair-sized mixed lot will be so low that even if
25% or so are duds, the net cost is still much lower than
the on-line vendors. As long as a tube you want doesn't
overlap with the audiophool market there's a lot of cheap
stuff out there.

Audiophool. Heh, heh. I like it. Anyone want to buy an SWR compensated power
cord? Only $900.00.

"Larry Ozarow" wrote in message
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Frank Dresser wrote:



That's a good point. I buy most of my tubes from other sources, but I
usually check with my AES catalog first, just to establish a sort of
baseline.

The best service I've had came from Triode Electronics, but they don't
stock
many radio tubes.

http://store.yahoo.com/triodeel/index.html

I've also had excellent results from ESRC, Fair Radio and Brent Jessee
Recording. Actually, the only less than excellent result I've had came
from
AES. I ordered some new 6X8 from an AES sales flyer, and it turned out
that
a couple of them were obviously used and the box and tube brands didn't
match on one of the used tubes. The used tubes tested weak as well. I
didn't bother complaining, because the price was good, and tubes which
test
weak usually work OK.

I got most of my tubes in used bulk lots.

Frank Dresser


I've even had some good luck on e-bay. Often the price
of a fair-sized mixed lot will be so low that even if
25% or so are duds, the net cost is still much lower than
the on-line vendors. As long as a tube you want doesn't
overlap with the audiophool market there's a lot of cheap
stuff out there.