The Echophone model S-4 cathedral

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

Yes. I was surprised too. It seems Echophone was just another one those casualties of the early days of radio. I think they thought that by rushing a midget/compact set onto the market first would've netted them a fortune. Although the model C seemed to sell fairly well, within a year when the big manufacturers introduced their versions, the company took a nosedive. I believe first Western Television bought the company and moved production to Chicago. It seems that's when the last of the classic gothic Echophone's were manufactured. In about 1934 Hallicrafters bought-out the company and the sets produced into the post-war era were nondescript plain-Jane sets.

Hallicrafters bought out Echophone for the RCA license.
Also, it was at the beginning of the Depression and even more established firms didn't survive and they were absorbed by the larger firms.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Hallicrafters bought out Echophone for the RCA license.
Also, it was at the beginning of the Depression and even more established firms didn't survive and they were absorbed by the larger firms.

Yes, I believe it allowed for Hallicrafters to go into production, but the Echophone name was shelved at that point. It came back, in the early post war years, but that seemed to be short-lived.
There's some companies that are very hard to follow because there was so much buying, selling, regrouping, and relocating.