FrankenScott cabinet , can anyone ID this one?

[bruce edward]

Hi to everyone, trying to id what appears to be a Scott cabinet. The speakers grill suggest an allwave 12 deluxe, but the front panel suggest an allwave 23. I would appreciate any comments

[David C. Poland]

Well, not a documented Scott cabinet.

Looks like a circa 1930 highboy with legs missing.

Looks like an AW-12 dial bezel, but has too many shaft holes, unless the receiver was seriously hacked.

The speaker grill is similar to (modeled after) a couple of mid 1930 Scott cabinet grills.

Scott shipped early 1930's radios with wood control panels suitable for retrofitting an older cabinet.

[David C. Poland]

Does have installed the angled speaker baffles for the AW-12 twin speakers.

Looks like cabinet designed to accommodate a phonograph. Top lift?

[bruce edward]

it looks very homemade

David C. Poland said:

Does have installed the angled speaker baffles for the AW-12 twin speakers.

Looks like cabinet designed to accommodate a phonograph. Top lift?

[Kent King]

Fascinating cabinet. No known set has a knob arrangement like that. And the two holes above the escutcheon are also for additional switches or controls, clearly not for eyes. Breaking things down:

1. The holes aren't even at the right spacing for a Deluxe with extra holes. The chassis that fit this was totally custom built. 

2. While the speaker baffles are angled like the early Deluxe sets, the openings appear to be a good bit larger than the 8 and 10 in speakers for the Deluxe. Can you send measurements for the speaker openings?

3. The phono is much too late for this period of chassis, probably a replacement. Does the phono have a make/model? From that we can certainly date the phono.

4. The speaker cutout reminds me of the cutouts in the late Lido/Napier, the side openings. I wonder if someone pulled out that piece from another cabinet and used it in the front of this one.

5. Agree with Dave, looks like a legless highboy. Any evidence underneath of leg mountings or a past support frame?

Both set and cabinet are a mystery!

Kent

[bruce edward]

I will try to get to the cabinet in a few weeks and get the measurements for the speaker frames and look at the bottom of the cabinet

Kent King said:

Fascinating cabinet. No known set has a knob arrangement like that. And the two holes above the escutcheon are also for additional switches or controls, clearly not for eyes. Breaking things down:

1. The holes aren't even at the right spacing for a Deluxe with extra holes. The chassis that fit this was totally custom built. 

2. While the speaker baffles are angled like the early Deluxe sets, the openings appear to be a good bit larger than the 8 and 10 in speakers for the Deluxe. Can you send measurements for the speaker openings?

3. The phono is much too late for this period of chassis, probably a replacement. Does the phono have a make/model? From that we can certainly date the phono.

4. The speaker cutout reminds me of the cutouts in the late Lido/Napier, the side openings. I wonder if someone pulled out that piece from another cabinet and used it in the front of this one.

5. Agree with Dave, looks like a legless highboy. Any evidence underneath of leg mountings or a past support frame?

Both set and cabinet are a mystery!

Kent

[John T. Meredith]

What are the dimensions at the base of the cabinet?

[bruce edward]

I hope to have the measurements for the bottom of the cabinet in about 2 weeks

[John T. Meredith]

Okay, just let me know when you have them.  Thanks, John

[John T. Meredith]

bruce edward said:

I hope to have the measurements for the bottom of the cabinet in about 2 weeks

[John T. Meredith]

 

John T. Meredith said:

Hi Bruce,

Did you ever get the cabinet measurements?   Do you have a plan for that cabinet?

bruce edward said:

I hope to have the measurements for the bottom of the cabinet in about 2 weeks

[bruce edward]

Hi, something unexpected has come up in the last 2 weeks. I will have to delay the pictures and measurements till July, my apologies. I plan on keeping the cabinet

[Nick Tillich]

I knew that I recognized an element on this cabinet from a radio that I used to own - and it dawned on me this morning what it was.  

The decorative piece above the dial is from the front panel of a Majestic model 92 console like this one.