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Stan Renna
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Post subject: Zenith 12S266  Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 6:08 pm |
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I just finished my latest addition to my collection. Before and after pictures.  
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Last edited by Stan Renna on Apr Fri 20, 2012 8:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Art Hoch
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 7:19 pm |
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NICE! 
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 7:48 pm |
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Beautiful work Stan!!! It's such a great feeling to see an old radio restored to its original glory.
Chris
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azenithnut
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 7:57 pm |
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Oh yeah! Bee-yoo-tee-ful! My favorite of the 12 tube '38 consoles! Though, I have yet to own one  Is that finished in nitrocellulous lacquer? it looks wonderful! -Steve
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mikhail7
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 8:28 pm |
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WOW! Gotta get me one of them!
Mike
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ggregg
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 10:49 pm |
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wonderful job. Outstanding!!!
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Johnnysan
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 10:54 pm |
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Stan,
I'm sending a few consoles for restoration. Thanks bunches. Take care.
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radiopicker
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 10:55 pm |
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Stunning radio. That's definitely one to be proud of. Great work! 
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Salval
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 11:03 pm |
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DKinYORKpa
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 11:35 pm |
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With an example like that, it's really hard to defend "don't refinish". Beautiful! That greenish look of old lacquer begs to be restored.
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pred
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Fri 20, 2012 11:43 pm |
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Location: Phila Pa
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I had one and sold it to our own Zane who posted hi restoration pics,
And now yours, Wow nice set,
Where did you get the grille cloth?
I kinda still wish I had the one I sold last year but just too many projects.
You did a great job on that set ! ! !
Peter
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Stan Renna
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Sat 21, 2012 12:47 am |
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Stan,
I'm sending a few consoles for restoration. Thanks bunches. Take care.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:54 pm
Johnnysan... Not a problem. I'm not cheep... Include funds
in the shipment.
pred..
Where did you get the grille cloth? This was my last large piece I had in stock.
azenithnut
Is that finished in nitrocellulous lacquer? Just Behlen's, a Mohawk product.
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fpereto
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Sat 21, 2012 1:03 am |
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Beautiful, exquisite work. Outwstanding ... but I have an issue.
Many old high end consoles I have seen with certified original finishes had a hard semi-gloss to gloss look, depending on the manufacturer and cabinet model.
The second tier level radios were typically wood/oil finished or in a sort of satin finish.
Shouldn't this radio really have a gloss/semi-gloss finish instead of a satin finish?
Overall a wonderful piece of work, though.
JMHO
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Stan Renna
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Sat 21, 2012 1:10 am |
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It is a satin finish. The light reflection in the camera might make it look shinier that it really is.
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Stan Renna The higher the tube count the better. I love a space heater that plays music!
Visit my website http://pwp.att.net/p/PWP-stansantiqueradios
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philcolynn
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Sun 22, 2012 4:13 am |
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All I can say is WOW and AWSOME!!!!!! Lynn
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gary rabbitt
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Sun 22, 2012 4:46 am |
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Awesome work Stan. I'll bet it sounds as nice as it looks 
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shutterdialradio
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Post subject: Re: Zenith 12S266 Posted: Apr Mon 23, 2012 7:13 am |
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Very nice job on the finish Stan. Here's my 12-S-266 with completely original finish. My favorite of the 1938 12 tubers. Up very, very close the laquer has tiny hairline age cracks running through it but looks perfect at arms length. Only thing I've used on it is furniture polish. I had a perfect original grill cloth I removed from a 12-S-265 that I was going to put in it but it ended up in a 12-S-267 I later found so I'm still waiting to find another. The hole in the cloth was made when we moved it 
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