Cabinet

[Robert Feenstra]

Does anyone recognize this cabinet?  Is it a Scott cabinet?  I can't find it in the archives.

[Robert Feenstra]

found it! Thanks Jim.

[David C. Poland]

Wellington cabinet

[Robert Feenstra]

Thanks David.  This was at an auction and I couldn't find it in the archives for some reason.  Jim Clark was at the auction as well and identified it for me.  It is now mine!  It came from a private collection in CA. It along with a pointer dial in a Gothic Grand cabinet. Also now mine.

[mike hadley]

Rob,

Congrats on an excellent buy, is the chassis as nice as the cabinet.

Mike

[Robert Feenstra]

I'll post pics.  Chrome is quite nice on both radios.  I may have to get rid of the Zenith grille cloth!

[Robert Feenstra]

Here's the Wellington BOL Philly, SN RR139.

[Robert Feenstra]

And here's the Gothic Grande pointer dial, SN KK86:

[David C. Poland]

Both really nice. And nice chrome.

Your pointer Philly is a "sister" to mine what with that KK prefix to the serial number and in having the Chicago dial. Not many of those Chicago stations remain, and a couple of those have changed ownership and character.

-Dave

 

[Robert Feenstra]

Norman,  you may have known the owner of these radios.  His entire musical instrument collection was auctioned off here in Michigan.  Nick Monios from, I believe, the LA area.

[Robert Feenstra]

Tweeter question.  Obviously the tweeters in the pointer dial Gothic are EH Scott.  The tweeters in the Wellington BOL are not marked.  Did Scott use these, or are they a later add-on?

[Kent King]

The ones in the Wellington are also Scott speakers. They used a number of suppliers along the way, some are marked, some not. But I have seen (and have advertising images of) those same speakers in many other Scott sets.

These two sets are quite original.

Kent

[Robert Feenstra]

Thanks Kent.  Did you have those serial numbers?  If so, is there any info on who may have done the work on the radios in the past?