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Jon Yaeger
 
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in article , Bret Ludwig
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wrote on 5/25/06 11:44 PM:

Probably you got them for next to nothing, and if they are like the
others I have seen you got your money's worth. A bunch of 1940s PA
grade transformers. Schulmerich and Maas-Rowe were carillion
manufacturers who built their own power amps, strictly out of the
transformer maker's literature.

Unless you just have more time than sense, part them out and sell the
xfmr's for guitar amps. If you wan't hi-fi, buy a new set of
transformers already!

It's possible these are different-but there's no reason to think that
if they were actually built by the company itself.

Maas-Rowe later used OEM McIntosh amps that are well worth having, and
many organ installations used Altec or Mc amplifiers also worth
keeping.



I traded some gear that had some value for them. I didn't look at the
output trannies until later and noticed the taps were for PA line levels.
So the PA grade iron will definitely have to go.

There is more iron in these monoblocks then I've ever seen in a single amp.
Maybe 7 trnasformers & chokes / channel.

Oh well. Another long-termer!