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Vintage Emerson Strad Radio 1939 Walnut Ingraham MintVintage emerson strad radio 1939 walnut cabinet by ingraham this impressive and rarest of vintage radios in even more rare walnut. One of the finest designs of the ingraham company. A hand rubbed walnut venere cabinet featuring strong styling elements. An attractive timber in rich brown with beautiful grain lines running throughout, hard, dense, and tight-grained, polished to a very smooth finish inlayed with contrasting srtipes of lighter wood. Curves meeting curves with virtually no flat surfaces ensconcing a five tube table radio chassis, 2 larger tubes on the ends. Skilled craftsmen mangaed to turn what could have been boring tabletop radio into a thing of beauty. The top of the strad is shaped as a violni including the sounding cutouts. It is called the strad short for stradivarius. The challenge to mass prodcue this style cabinet attributes to its rarity. The bradley's radio shop east hartford ct tag is still on the bottom. 10 â½â? L x 6â? D x 5 â½â? Ht there is an unnoticeable crack to lowest wooden bands all the pieces are present and still attached could use glue. No scratches, dents ro losses to veneer. The tuning and on/off knobs as ewll as the dial work smoothly. The original board backing is missing, reproduction backs are available on-line at retro-tronics. I don't know anything about radios, os if i missed something in the written description the photos tell all. I have not plugged it in but the cord is in nice condition. This model is the top of the line strad, an impressive and rare desktop beauty, in marvelous condition displays very well. The strad si the unforgettable gem gift for the radiophile.
Internet research conclusions the olny examples of the strad are in private collections or in radio museums. Two that were for sale were fo lesser wood and one was beat up, none were made of walnut. Ednaseclectics@gmail. Com the ingraham compnay located in birstol ct. Developed an outstanding capability of designing and manufacturing cabinets ni complex shapes. Ingrahm cabinet radios are very collectible as their cabinet designs have special elements that add to collector appeal emerson described this process relating to their radios as stay-bent cabinet construction. Walnut because of its natural beauty of grain is one of the most valuable of timbers. Walnut veneer sliced from walnut burl for centuries has been highly prized by quality furniture adn cabinetmakers. During the golden age of radio, there were 44 million radios in use in the united states.
1939 a ownderful new fabric called nylon was invented. Pan american began commercial flights across the atlantic, a loaf of bread cost 8 cents, and you could get a new car for $700, the average person made $1,729 a year. View my other auctions, put me on you favorites list as i have many quality, high end, rare and just plain fun merchandise. Check my listing as similar items are listed in different categories do not pay prior to invoice all sales are final so please read the description and ask ask ask questions prior to bidding. Many times there are typ-o's are some inconsistencys with the description as a result of cut and paste look carefully at the photos as i delete photos for url space. If for any (being only human) reason lal the lumps, bruises or stats are not in the written description they certainly are in the photos! Not sure ask do your own research! I don't know every nuance, merely stating an opinion or what i have found via research payments by paypal or money order do not pay prior to invoice i'm an excellent packer, but once it is in the abyss of the postal system, if your package is lost or damaged i am not responsible. All we can od is provide proof of shipping.
I have shipped glass that has been received in perfect condition and metal that has been damagedâ. oG figure. Do not pya prior to invoice. Please pay or contact as soon as possible of payment choice, â. Sorry i longer take personal checksâ? Â? Please advise 1 if there is going to be another mailing address, send it along, as i print up labels at the end of the auctions. 2 please advise if your bidding or thinking of bidding on several items for combo mailing raet zip code is need for shipping rate. No hidden or exorbitant handling charges. On oct-01-08 at 040202 pdt, sleler added the following information. |
