Gold Label Radio Service Information

Captain Larry Rau's

Gold Label Radio Service

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GENERAL SERVICE INFORMATION


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Why Not A Repair ?

If you own or purchase an antique or vintage collectable radio that " works ", it probably hums, crackles, and only gets two or three stations.

Played again, after years of disuse, it will probably fail in a matter of hours or days. Perhaps your radio is already "dead".

It's only natural to want a repair, so you can enjoy listening to your family heirloom or new treasure.

Unfortunately, a quick reliable repair is simply impossible.

But don't give up ! A thorough Gold Label Guaranteed Overhaul will restore your prized radio to its original operating condition - most economically.

Nothing else can assure years of daily use -problem free. The radios I restore at Gold Label Radio Service are 30 to 80 years old. Most of the critical small parts in these radios were made of paper, wax, tin foil, or crude plastics.

Time, heat, high voltage, moisture, and dirt cause these critical parts to deteriorate. Most of these hundreds of small parts have already failed, changed value, leaked, broken, exploded, or soon will - if your old radio is plugged in for long.

Other parts can fail as well. Cloth, rubber, or varnish insulation on wires,transformers, and coils, and paper loudspeaker cones all deteriorate. Mice and mold take thier toll.

Too often, ill advised "repairs" have changed the circuit from the original design -doing more harm than good.

Only when all these things are tested, replaced or repaired, and the whole device is "set right", can the radio be adjusted to original specifications; restoring sensitivity, calibration,fidelity, and reliability.

A "repair" would only fix one of these problems, leaving the rest to plague you with an endless cycle of failure and expense.

For these reasons I only do complete overhauls, you get what you pay for, and I guarantee my work for 3 full years with the Gold Label Guarantee, The Longest Radio Guarantee On Planet Earth.

Please note that we do not refinish cabinets, sell parts, or do "cheap" repairs


Get What You Pay For

Normal Overhaul Labor includes:
  • Complete radio cleaning,parts testing, electronic overhaul, IF & RF alignment, mechanical adjustment and lubrication, frequency calibration, minor speaker repairs, dial string replacement where needed, new lamps,tube testing, new tubes if needed.

  • We will send out speakers for new cones when needed. Specialist labor or unusual mechanical repairs can occasionally increase the cost of a basic overhaul – we will inform you when your radio is in our shop, of any unexpected problem.

  • We do not needlessly replace most tubes which test better than 85% of new output AND Filament life, unless you request all new tubes, or in our opinion a new tube will substantially improve the set. Typically about half the tubes we see do not need replacement, and this tends to reduce estimates by an average of $ 10 per usable tube. Every radio is unique.

  • Gold Label Reliability Testing continues for a minimum of 3 days and nights before we we will return your overhauled set to you. This is one of many reasons we extend The Longest Radio Guarantee On Planet Earth the Gold Label 3 Year Guarantee.


GOLD LABEL 3-YEAR GUARANTEE

The Longest Radio Guarantee On Planet Earth

Always free radio advice for owners of Gold Label Radios.

What's Covered :
  • For 3 Years: All new parts I install, and all my labor are guaranteed for 3 full years. If your Gold Label radio doesn't work as an original should, I will fix it free when delivered to Gold Label Radio Service.

  • For 1 Year: New Tubes and Lamps that I install.

  • For 90 Days: Your used tubes I have tested and re-installed. Our "used" tubes if you have purchased them instead of new tubes.

~ Gold Label Guarantee Is Void if any repair or adjustment is attempted by others ~

What's Not Covered By Gold Label Guarantee:

  • 1. Transformers and coils unless new or repaired
  • 2. Dial Mechanisms, except strings, lamps, or parts fabricated by Gold Label Radio Service.
  • 3. Misuse, neglect, accident, tampering, or contamination
  • 4. Damage done by others, including in shipment.
  • 5. Consequential damages or liability of any kind.
  • 6. Electrical Interference or static at your site.
  • 7. Limitations of the orginal design.
  • 8. Storage of unclaimed or unpaid Radios or Cabinets


Estimates

Information About Your Radio... What we need to know

  • Make and Model Number: Check the back and bottom for labels.
  • Count the number of Tubes.
  • More than one band? Check the dial and switches.
  • Push Button Tuning?
  • Does the dial look OK?
  • Has your radio got it's case?...We can not replace missing case.
  • We can replace missing pointers, knobs, tubes, dial lamps and cords.

  • PLEASE DO NOT SEND PICTURES UNLESS WE ASK FOR THEM!


Contact Information

Please….no parts calls!

Gold Label Radio Service

The Longest Radio Guarantee On Planet Earth

For A Quote

  • First, click estimates and my radio information.
  • Try to have at least some of the needed information before contacting us.

  • Confused ? ...Don’t worry, We’re Here To Help.
  • Just have your radio in hand when you call.

Voice Phone

  • (707) 874 – OneThousand
  • 9:00am to 5:00pm - California Time Zone

E-MAIL

  • radioshop at goldlabelradio.com
  • Please do not send photos unless requested.


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Last Updated: February 20, 2007


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