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Bryan 1500 Radio.....But Can Bryan Sing ?

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Last Post by Marc 6 years ago

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Marc

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Hi all,

This is probably going to be one of the shortest posts because the answer to the title "Can Bryan Sing" is quite simply Yes !

Bought from Golborne's BVWS event the other day for a fiver, this scruffy little radio (as it was) is actually a lovely well build piece of quality HiFi that was made in Oldham so a proper Northerner. I first took the chassis out of the filthy wooden cabinet to give it a quick once over and every thing just looked fine. I fitted a plug to the very good quality mains flex and powered the radio via the Variac and the radio sprang to life !

A dial lamp bulb needed replacing and the whole set needed a good clean

So that's it, one very nice radio working very very well....what more can I say except have a look at the photo's below. ?

As found condition

Can't have made an awful lot of these Ser No 1532

All appears original inside

Even the mains flex is top notch

All done and dusted and raring to go.

Marc
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Posted : 12/04/2018 4:04 pm

PYE625

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And rather nice it is too, especially for a fiver ! ?

Will likely work forever, or until the idiot's switch off our last semblance of quality....VHF-FM.

To understand the black art of electronics is to understand witchcraft. Andrew.

Posted : 12/04/2018 4:16 pm

malcscott

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A very nice rare bit of kit, built to last. Looks like fiberglass pcb.

Posted : 12/04/2018 4:43 pm

Nuvistor

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That is nicely built radio, looks champion now the case is clean, did you oil the cabinet?

Frank

Posted : 12/04/2018 4:52 pm

Marc

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Hi all,

Malc, Yes it is a fibre glass PCB and the way it's built it'll probably out last the lot of us, top notch !

Frank, The wood was wiped clean using plain good old fashioned washing up liquid and warm water soaked damp cloth, or should I say several damp cloths (it really was that filthy) and then once the wood was dry it was given a good rub with 'Mr Sheen' scratch cover polish and darn good stuff it is too !

Andrew, now don't you go tempting fate, I've only just got the thing ! ?

Marc
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Posted : 12/04/2018 5:49 pm