Hello everyone I'm in need of a bit of help.
I purchased a item today that has a radio record player combo and was after any information about it.

It is a Scharnberg Strauss and also has a Ernsmith logo on the back. From what I have found out Ernsmith was a Adelaide company but I'm not intialy sure where Scharnberg Strauss originated from. I'm also not sure what year this model is from either.

Have included some pics.
Its a bit rough at the moment but I plan on cleaning it up and getting it up and running again

So any info and advice would be great.

Thanks.

I believe that Scharnberg Strauss was a brand name of Ernst Smith of Adelaide, and it's one brand that I have no schematics for at all.

If no response here, then it might be a good idea to approach the SA branch of the HRSA as local knowledge may be vital for that brand.

http://www.hrsasa.asn.au/

You certainly have some cabinet work ahead of you.

(That radio roll-out damper looks like a pneumatic spring from a fly-screen door.)

Thanks for that info GTC I will get in contact with the HRSA and see what they have to say.

And yes there is alot of work to be done but its my first big project so it will be fun, Will be keeping the cabinet once finished aswell. It would be a bonus if I could get the radio working

It is of 1984 I guess..

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There was an electrical showroom in Adelaide called Ernsmiths and there is a story on them here.

Radios sold in such places often carried a sticker at the back put there by those who sold it. I have a console here branded "Masters" with "of West Ryde" under that, both on the very large dial glass. Obviously, this set spent very little time out of this part of Sydney because I bought it off a local collector who also bought it off another resident of West Ryde.

It is of 1984 I guess.. Smile volvo

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There was an electrical showroom in Adelaide called Ernsmiths and there is a story on them here.

"The store started trading by predominantly selling transistor radios, but by the mid 1950s Ernsmiths was selling refrigerators, washers, and stereograms and then later progressing to colour televisions and hi-fi systems."

? I think that should probably read "The store started trading by predominantly selling valve radios, but by the mid 1950's ..."

Yeah, I wonder how many valve radios India made...

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Judging by the cabinet style, I'm guessing your radiogram was made in about 1955-58 or so. It also appears the record changer has been updated with a late 1960s/early 1970s BSR changer. I would expect a radiogram of this age to have had something like a Garrard RC110, RC121, or perhaps a Collaro RC456, or Conquest.. These changers were a popular choice in a lot of off-brand radiograms of the mid to late 50s.

Hi Eeek,

I served my Radio Technician apprenticeship with ErnSmiths, originally in King William Street but the service department later moved to Brompton.

Scharberg Strauss was a brandname of radios/radiograms and TV's manufactured by ErnSmiths at the factory in Brompton, heads by a gentleman named Ralph Baker.

ErnSmiths had a very German orientation with service capability of Grundig.

Many of the technicians were German migrants.

I started with them in 1957 and completed my 5 years apprenticeship then moved on to Channel 9.

Ernsmiths were very active with traded in units, reconditioning them and reselling them at sales.

During my time they were very good to me, paying well and offering great conditions. The service manager was Tom Hosking.

Terry

Brad - Actually, India made vast numbers of tube radios right up into the late 60s at least. Not much export though. Could be some interesting vintage stock there, if not yet 100% recycled. They were slow to move to television and to solid-state, for that matter. Contrast to current IT efforts. Philips had a huge factory there somewhere, joint venture with some local billionaire.
Very big business in public address system amplifiers as well - specialising in tin horn loudspeakers!

Maven