SPARC – Guidelines For Restorations and Repairs
Customers submit radios for repair/restoration at their own risk.
Please read the following carefully.
Effective: May 1, 2023.
Waiting List: Please contact us before bringing your radio to the museum. Your name will be added to the waiting list. You will be contacted to bring your radio in for repair. Download a copy of the Service Record Form. Please note carefully, the limitations regarding repair of vintage radios and electronics. Radio Service Form NEW- rev2bw.
Complete the customer details portion and bring it along with your radio. As of May 2023, the waiting period is approximately 2 weeks.
Note: major cabinet work is not being undertaken at this time.
Take a moment to review the following considerations regarding the repair and restoration of radios. Things to Consider About Your Vintage Radio – Sept 2019
Deposit: a deposit of $50 [ cash, cheque or e-transfer only please ] is required for all radios submitted for repair.
Chassis: A basic $250.00 charge is now in effect. It assumes paper and electrolytic capacitors replaced as required, a few resistors, possibly some re-wiring/line cord replacement, cleaning, tube testing/replacement and alignment. Refer to the service form for more detail.
Certain items may be additional to the basic charge. A power transformer can cost upwards of $100. Special tubes (eye tubes) are more expensive – customer to confirm expenditure prior to purchase of such parts. It is not always possible to fully diagnose whether a part is needed until work has been undertaken on the chassis – if a customer declines to proceed with a repair, the deposit will be retained by SPARC to cover work undertaken and the re-assembled set returned to the customer.
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