I have a Silvertone, Model 1591, catalog number 100-353 (Stewart-Warner?).
A cousin gave it to me at a family reunion this summer and asked if I could
get it to work. At this point in the job, the volumn control seems to be
shot; a victim of an overdose of mouse urine. Before I try to take it apart
and clean it would anyone have a working one of these in a junker?
If I can't make this one work and have to replace it with a stock control
would anyone know where the tap is set? Playthings of Past has some 1M
controls tapped at various points such as 250K and 500K. Since the tap goes
to ground through a capacitor, I suspect it may be a form of tone control.
If so, how critical would the tap be?


Harley

Harley,
the "King of Controls" here to help! I have any type you might need, any
taps, any switch, any value, most any shaft. Yes, the taps are for
"loudness" compensation. They give the control a "tone contour" to
counteract the non-linearity of human hearing.

Any set that used taps should have that type put back for best tone.

Yes, that is a S-W made radio.

as an aside, where does the spelling of Volume get to "volumn"? I get
that all the time here since I am a controls expert... I just wonder... is
it from "column"?

Mark Oppat



"Harley L. Miller" wrote in message
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I have a Silvertone, Model 1591, catalog number 100-353 (Stewart-Warner?).
A cousin gave it to me at a family reunion this summer and asked if I
could
get it to work. At this point in the job, the volumn control seems to be
shot; a victim of an overdose of mouse urine. Before I try to take it
apart
and clean it would anyone have a working one of these in a junker?
If I can't make this one work and have to replace it with a stock control
would anyone know where the tap is set? Playthings of Past has some 1M
controls tapped at various points such as 250K and 500K. Since the tap
goes
to ground through a capacitor, I suspect it may be a form of tone control.
If so, how critical would the tap be?


Harley

Just a though here,
Looks like the tap point is to decrease the volume or allow extra boost
after a certain point. Could that boost compensate for poor or normal tone
arm outputs?

PP