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Comment by Norman S Braithwaite on January 7, 2015 at 1:20pm

While it is possible that the cabinet number may be a cabinet model serial number, this is not usually the case.  For high production cabinets, the number likely identifies the matched cabinet parts within a single production run.  For custom cabinets, the number may simply identify the parts for a particular cabinet cabinet when several different cabinets are being concurrently produced.  I suspect the latter in this case.  All we know for sure is that the number was used to identify which cabinet for which the part was made.  I have no doubt that most cabinets for European Scott radios were made in Europe although a recently posted newspaper clipping indicates four Scott cabinets for South African clients were shipped from Rockford Peerless Cabinet Company in 1934.

Norman

Comment by David C. Poland on January 7, 2015 at 12:24pm

That cabinet number suggests it is the 11th example of the cabinet. Maybe there was a time it was less expensive to reproduce a cabinet than ship one from the US? Or are there any signs that the cabinet was re-veneered and perhaps it is an an original Imperial Cabinet after all, but with loss of details (like the inlays or the original handles) in the process?