Scott radios on E-Bay

[Thomas Day]

Several Scott radios are on E-Bay, including an Allwave 23 that is only 69 serial #'s,K555, from mine, K486. Based on available data, does this mean that these would have been built within a couple of days or weeks apart? It has the same Scott Super Antenna adaptor that mine has. 

Thom 

[David C. Poland]

Hi John,
The transition was perhaps less abrupt with regard to the AW-23 after the Philharmonic was introduced April 1937.

I have a late (I believe) 1937 brochure 16 pages 8x11 featuring Philharmonic, AW-23 and the Sixteen and various cabinets. This brochure also features the late 1937 Autotrope. I say late 1937 because I first find the Autotrope described in the December 1937 Scott News.

For those following this thread, the Autotrope is a 30 record changer, playing both sides of each record, in a special cabinet and paired with the Scott Eighteen (Sixteen with 2 tubes more for the scratch suppressor). The first price list I find listing the Autotrope is the December Christmas on green paper with the Philharmonic and free New Tasman (upsized) and which also lists the Autotrope with Eighteen combination for $1150. My Sept 1937 Sixteen price list (blue paper and free Leamington cabinet) makes no mention of the Autotrope among phono choices available. The Autotrope was only offered by Scott for a brief period.

[John T. Meredith]

Hi Thom,

 

There was a record of who bought which radio.  Listed was there person's name, address, radio type, serial number, and cabinet.  I have been told this was in a large recording book.  But, no one knew what happened to it.  I suspect over time it has gone missing.  There is a list of well known people who purchased Scott radios and was used as a sell and promotional item.  I have two of these lists.  But, it is only a list of names without radio type. 

 

Cheers,

 

John

[John T. Meredith]

I know of only one Autotrope in existence.  They may have only made one!--John

David C. Poland said:

Hi John,
The transition was perhaps less abrupt with regard to the AW-23 after the Philharmonic was introduced April 1937.

I have a late (I believe) 1937 brochure 16 pages 8x11 featuring Philharmonic, AW-23 and the Sixteen and various cabinets. This brochure also features the late 1937 Autotrope. I say late 1937 because I first find the Autotrope described in the December 1937 Scott News.

For those following this thread, the Autotrope is a 30 record changer, playing both sides of each record, in a special cabinet and paired with the Scott Eighteen (Sixteen with 2 tubes more for the scratch suppressor). The first price list I find listing the Autotrope is the December Christmas on green paper with the Philharmonic and free New Tasman (upsized) and which also lists the Autotrope with Eighteen combination for $1150. My Sept 1937 Sixteen price list (blue paper and free Leamington cabinet) makes no mention of the Autotrope among phono choices available. The Autotrope was only offered by Scott for a brief period.

[Thomas Peters]

Scott News for November of 1937 shows all three, Philharmonic, AW 23, and Sixteen for sale, in time for the Christmas holiday season.

This is the edition with Arturo Toscanini on the cover.

One could might say, pricing for all pocketbooks.

[David C. Poland]

Son of a gun !!
The Nov'37 Scott News is practically a page by page copy of the brochure I mentioned above right down to the cabinet pages (brown ink on cream paper - about like a sepia photo.). Guess it has been too long since I looked through my collection of Scott News.

Anyway, for what ever reason (parts on hand? prebuilt cabinets on hand?) the AW-23 production and sale continued for many months as evidenced by the Nov 37 Scott News.

I wonder if Kent's serial number data base has any instances of a intermingled AW-23/Sixteen,Philharmonic for a given letter prefix? Probably not.

[jonathan dollimore]

Re the autotrope record changer - is this the one which Scott imported from England? If  so there are a couple known to survive over here. Jonathan

[Norman S Braithwaite]

Are either of the Autotrope combinations equipped with original Scott chassis? Unrelated to Scott, Autotrope offered the combination with other chassis.

Norman