Trying to Identify Montgomery Ward Panel

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dslot424
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Trying to Identify Montgomery Ward Console

Hi all,

I picked up this Montgomery Ward / Airline Solid State panel at an estate auction in Oklahoma years ago, and finally got around to trying to set it up. I don't know anything well-nigh turntables but can meet the motor has worn out and the audio quality is awful on the radio.

Can anyone place this for me? I've done a agglomeration of google searches but come up empty handed. I'm looking to become original schematics so I tin do some electrical work and get it into dainty working order. If someone can point me in the correct direction information technology would be super helpful.

Thank you,
Dan

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Doug One thousand.
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Re: Trying to Identify Montgomery Ward Panel

Mail by Doug 1000. » 29 Jun 2022 04:18

The but thing I tin tell you lot virtually information technology is that the turntable was fabricated by Vox of Music.

Doug

KentT
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Re: Trying to Identify Montgomery Ward Console

Post by KentT » 29 Jun 2022 11:25

I suspect this panel was actually built by Wells-Gardner for Montgomery-Ward. The changer is definitely built by The Voice Of Music in Michigan. I am estimating 1966-1968 as when information technology was congenital. United states made.

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Re: Trying to Identify Montgomery Ward Console

Post past amagasakii » 04 Jul 2022 21:29

Have you removed the back panel? Sometimes the schematic is within. I'grand not sure you'll find anything other than a block diagram; I'd be surprised if they had an unabridged schematic for the amplifier.

I see it has a record input; I presume the RCA connexion is around the back. Does it sound okay if you lot run something though the record input?

Motors don't normally habiliment out on these old changers. Does information technology spin? If information technology's just running deadening, it'due south likely old grease.

The problem with trying to expect these things up by model number is that the model number also refers to the way of the console. Here's the same amplifier/turntable philharmonic in a unlike scrap of piece of furniture with a different model number:

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/montgomer ... 2438b.html

Concur with Kent T and Doug G, information technology's a VoM changer, probably 1200 serial. If you get the dorsum off, yous tin can unclip the turntable transit screws and pull it; it should take a model label glued to the underside.