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Cabinets with mirrors?

I have a question for the experts...did Scott ever offer a mirror built into the lid of any of their cabinets?

The reason I ask is that the first collector I ever met 32 years ago had several Scotts in his collection, and had a couple with a mirror built into the top, so that when the lid/top was lifted, you could admire the chrome chassis. Was this original, or something he added?

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Permalink Reply by Kent King on September 2, 2020 at 11:41am

Something added, I'm sure. There were folks that added mirrors back in the day, I've heard of a couple found with old mirrors in them. It is possible Scott did something custom for someone too, but I've not seen any documentation on such an update.

The one I recently bought at auction had modifications to the lid: the owner had added a place to keep his station logs and a pencil handy. Pretty ingenious updates, although I will probably remove them for originality sake.

Kent

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Permalink Reply by Norman S Braithwaite on September 2, 2020 at 1:23pm

Most of the Scott cabinets were short enough for most people to peer upon the chassis when the lid was raised. Some cabinets were tall. I have an AW-27 in a Roslyn Grande cabinet with the phonograph and record lathe mounted in the middle of the cabinet below the tuner chassis. A former owner (probably original owner) had installed a mirror in the lid to show the chassis. I am certain that the mirror was not added by Scott Radio Laboratories because the mirror is 1/4-inch thick plate glass, heavy enough to quickly make a pretzel out of the lid stay if I let go of the lid when raised.