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Old 01-20-2017, 04:42 PM
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Ornate Sparton Equisonne console - CL, north MO

http://columbiamo.craigslist.org/atq/5946020653.html

You don't see one of these every day: a 740 in an ornate highboy cabinet, in very nice condition. No affiliation and I am out of room for radios so I'm posting it in case someone might be interested.

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Cool cabinet but it looks like the original power supply and amplifier have been replaced with something newer.
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Ooh I didn't notice before but those tubes are not 1920s! Good eye.

I hope a collector got it and will restore it with original guts. Just as likely someone snagged it for furniture and will trash the guts. But we can hope.
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Cool cabinet but it looks like the original power supply and amplifier have been replaced with something newer.
Too bad the most valuable part of the radio was long gone , the original amp chassis had two 50 tubes , yes indeed , THE 50 output tube that seems to be the darling of the audiophile crowd and sells for up to $500 each .

The present amp chassis is a kludge in from an old Hammond organ , and is pretty much worthless .
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Old 01-26-2017, 10:15 PM
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I suspect that even the 3 volt filament RF tubes, 485's were changed to match the new power transformer.
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