Re: Vintage Spool Players! Quote:
Originally Posted by ideasingh ... Can someone help me in identifying a good mechanic for these kind of radios in Bangalore, ... |
Unfortunately the current generation of 'radio mechanics' wouldn't know a valve from a 200ml water bottle!
There are a couple of places where you can start searching (by the principle of 6 degrees of separation). Take a printout of the radio and start at one of these:
1. On Brigade Road, somewhere in the middle, is a TV shop called Modern Radios (I think). Ask for the owner - an old gentleman who has seen these in the 60s and 70s
2. Ask for Globe Electronics in SJP Road / SP Lane (City Market). It is in the last diagonal lane joining these roads (near the Canara Bank end). Again, ask for the old Sindhi gentleman who is the owner
3. Nearby, there are many small electronics repair shops virtually on the pavement. If the person there is older than 50y, he might agree to give it a try.
Valves are still available in a couple of shops, incl. Globe Electronics IIRC. Alas, I am unable to recollect the names of the gentlemen I mentioned above - I am almost from the same era. |