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Default Roadside Tube Harvest

....I drove by it ar first...
I thought it seemed like an old, disused hi-fi console. A u-turn, a 2nd
inspection confirmed what a little voice told me. "silvery getter
flashing reflecting the midday sun."

It was a Lowrey organ, foot pedals rusted and sickeningly displaced,
twisted to the side. Main chassis rusted and pitted.

I located the output tubes, the plates told me "7591a." Sure enough they
are "Lowrey" branded 7591a's. Only a pair though. 1 big bottle 5U4GB,
some "Lowrey" branded 12AX7's, some 6FA7's, sme 6X8s, some "Lowrey"
branded 6FH8's.

Lots of the last 3 types, upper octave oscillators and multivibrator type
dividers...

I'll test the 7591a's and the 12AX7s on my TV7D/U tester and see what I
have.

A.
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