Our inherited Scott

Comment

Comment by Y2K Bruce on December 20, 2011 at 8:26am

Here is a recent photo of the Rockford Peerless Furniture factory. When Mr's Scott and Silver visited on the same day, legend has it they were let in via different doors to avoid a meeting between them.

Comment by Don Hauff on December 19, 2011 at 9:28pm

Rockford Peerless Furniture Company, was the furniture company that made most all of the McMurdo cabinets.  I have an original crate that shipped an Oxford, and I believe that is what the label says.  They were out of Rockford IL.

Comment by Y2K Bruce on December 6, 2011 at 4:53pm

This is the 1st time I have seen the Scott version of the Oxford cabinet.

It was interesting to see the differences made to the cabinet to contain a Scott chassis. I believe the same furniture company made cabinets for both McMurdo and Scott so I suspect it was not too difficult to make the modifications at their shop in Rockford for Mr Scott.

Thank you very much for sharing your photos with us here.

Comment by Sheryl Guralas on December 5, 2011 at 1:45pm

Thank you for the history. It is so facinating to now own a peice of history. I had actually thought maybe that it was part of the McMurdo family because of Scott having a riff with McMurdo and then saving it from bankruptcy.What year do you think it;s from? I will take a few pics of the back cabinet next.

Comment by Norman S Braithwaite on December 5, 2011 at 12:48am

Yes, it is the early version of a Phantom.  The cabinet is an Oxford.  The Oxford cabinet has an interesting history.  When EH Scott Radio Laboratories purchased the assets of the McMurdo Silver Corporation, the assets apparently included a number of McMurdo Silver Oxford cabinets.  Scott modified the cabinets by raising the top of the opening for the radio faceplate to accommodate the Phantom.

Norman