Many thanks. Jim

They used complex switch contacts because the stations are strung along in like christmas lights while the new systems from Nutone are wire outward from the master like a a star, so you cant use the old wire and the wall receptacle is a different size so you have to bash plaster and paint , I was trying to replicate the basic functions with toggle switches and some ramsey amps using the same wiriing and receptacles on a brass plate or something…

Nice Nutone! Pat is on the money about the tubes (Hey Pat, didn’t know you frequented here!). This Nutone is really no more than a glorified radio with with the ability to switch in/out speakers before and after the amplifier stage (using the spkr as a mic) and if you can find a radio collector in your area they should be able to fix you up for a fraction of what it would cost to send it off. But, finding radiomen these days can be tough. A new set of capacitors and a thorough cleaning of the switch contacts and I bet it’d be good as new.

While I don’t have the master unit, I do have the phonograph to this series. It flips down out of the wall and is trimmed with a wood surround and metal front. I found it on ebay a few years back but still am not sure where to put it.

If you can’t get the AM transmitter to work to your satisfaction, a patch cable plugged into the phono jack will let you plug in an iPod full of classics!

I hoping a music bridge will work with it too, so that music from the computer can be sent over the AM waves throughout the house. Best thing about fixing it though, is that we could pipe our local “Music of your Life” station KIXI through the house: we could be ironing in the utilily rm. to a little Sammy Davis Jr., eating dinner during “Martini Time”, then crafting in the sewing rm while listening to Imagination Theatre.

This is gonna be fabulous!! Thank you both again sooooo much!
Fondly,
Jenn (aka the Rocket Scientist that confused pneumatic tubes with vacuum tubes–sheesh! Sorry about that!)