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  • #5264
    Dan Walker
    CVRS Member

    This one has the original finish and I got it from the original owners son.
    After a good cleanup and a coat of wax and a recap ,it sounds and looks good

    #5269
    Don
    CVRS Member

    Nice to see someone is restoring these large console models! They seem to have fallen out of favour, I guess mainly for the room they use up. This one and your RCA A-33 are good looking projects!

    Cheers,

    Don

    #5270
    Dan Walker
    CVRS Member

    Thanks Don,,I always liked the consoles and I find that a lot of the guys on ARF don’t seem to like them because they take up a lot of room. If I had my way I would have a lot more. I don’t have a large house but I do have 10 in the house and four in the garage waiting to get to. Tomorrow I am going to pick up another one.,a Phonola serenader. After I get them working I usually have a garage sale in the spring so I can sell some of them to people who really enjoy them.. then I buy more so I can work on them.
    I do have a couple of Rogers 10-12s that I won’t sell and of course there are always some I really like and I keep them.
    Now I get a little more pickey in what I buy but I figure it’s my hobby and I will do it the way I like because
    I enjoy fixing them and doing the cabinets. I am posting photos of my last A33[the one I sold]. I had to strip it and redo the whole cabinet

    #5278
    Don
    CVRS Member

    Well, I’m jealous. I’m looking to downsizing in the next year, so in preparation I have been getting rid of anything of size. Right now the only one I have left is a GE F-65 (pic below) only because it’s quasi-deco look works in the room I have it. But I agree with your appreciation for the larger consoles. For whatever reason, I always think “console” when I think of vintage radios. Too bad I don’t live closer to you: I could drop by one of your spring garage sale and stock up! The work you’ve done on the ones you’ve posted looks wonderful.

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    Dan Walker
    CVRS Member

    Don ,, I like you radio and also the radio lamp on top of it .. I keep an eye out on Ebay for a nice radio lamp but they are hard to come by.. Dan in Calgary

    #5358
    Don
    CVRS Member

    Yeah, in today’s market the lamp is worth more that the radio! Bought it in an antique fair a few years back.
    Cheers from Richmond.

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