Philco 37-630T Tabletop Radio
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$550.00at Big River HardwareChecked Nov 1
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The Philco 37-630T is a 1937 Art Deco tabletop radio, the compact sibling of Philco's 630 series consoles. It runs six tubes with a 3-watt output chassis, covers broadcast plus two shortwave bands, and uses a superheterodyne circuit with an RF stage. Its Glow Beam and Shadow Meter tuning indicators and the sigma-pattern speaker grille are the details collectors look for. Under 14,000 of the 1937 630 series were built, so clean examples are scarce, and restored sets like this one are bought to display and to listen to, not as everyday audio gear.
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Lowest price we've seen: $550.00 on Nov 1 at Big River Hardware. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 1.
Owners of restored 630-series sets describe clean reception with no hum and praise the tidy, rust-free chassis. The rebuild work, new capacitors and fresh dial belts, is what buyers single out.
The Philco 37-630T is a 1937 Art Deco tabletop radio. The model first appeared in 1936. It belongs to Philco's 1937 630 series, which had two distinct models with different cabinet styles. Only 13,689 units of the series were made.
It is a superheterodyne radio with an RF stage, 470 kHz IF and 2 AF stages. It uses 6 tubes and a 3 watt output chassis. It receives the broadcast band plus 2 shortwave bands. The speaker pattern resembles a small Greek sigma, and the radio has a Glow Beam Indicator and a Shadow Meter.
This unit has had a complete electronics tune-up. The capacitors are new, and the tubes and resistors were checked and replaced as needed. The dial belts are new for smooth motor operation and tuning. The chassis is clean and rust free, and the radio receives well with no hum.
