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Forgotten Man said:My, a Radiola 30! That's a lovely set and I would say that the feeling of accomplishment in restoring this set to working order would be grand! I would like to see a photo or two of the chassis, to see how far gone it is.
There are radio clubs all over the US and many will be able to help in parts and such... you already have much help right here being offered!
Now, my opinion would be to refinish (respectfully) and use it as a conversation piece right now and keep your eye out for a working chassis or till time comes to piece one together. I think you would derive a large amount of satisfaction from just restoring the cabinet since these earlier radios do make nice furniture.
The priority to restoring an early radio like this to working order is low since AM is void of anything very enjoyable on the AM frequency. So, you wouldn't really enjoy the working set till you fashioned an AM transmitter to your PC to broadcast some period correct music to the set.
So, right now I'd say get that cabinet restored and display it with a nice cloth runner on the top and a few old photos in vintage frames from the 20s... that would be a nice addition I think till you can locate a working chassis or figure out how to get it working again.
Either that, or one could use the space occupied by the set to display a couple of refrigerators.