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Attached are pictures of my completed 1933 Grigsby-Grunow Majestic 463 “Century Six.” It appears to be an interesting blend of art deco and machine age design. The photos were taken by Tom Singletary of Statesboro, Georgia, who restored the electronics and the cabinet. The set used several G-G spray shield tubes. While Majestic spray shield tubes are still available new-in-box with some searching, they often are defective from the git-go. I have learned to avoid all U.S. Grigsby-Grunow Majestic-made tubes, both shielded and non-shielded.
Tom eventually had to use some regular tubes from other manufacturers, covering them with Goat shields.
This appears to have been an early production piece, made just as G-G was diving into bankruptcy but before they ran out of walnut in their cabinet plant. Later examples were constructed of poplar and coated with an opaque lacquer to hide the absence of grain.
Unlike most other radio manufacturers, G-G had their own cabinet plant and their own tube plant. They also made their own speakers, which got them in costly legal trouble with Magnavox, who held patents on eletrodynamic-magnetic speaker design at the time.If anyone is interested, here is a Grigsby-Grunow ad for the Century Six.
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