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Old 09-22-2009, 12:20 AM
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Further observations and more pictures.

1) the tuner sub-chassis is copper-plated, while the main chassis is bare steel (and rather heavily rusted on the side facing up).
2) there are more controls than appeared at first. The left and right knob trims are knobs in their own right - including the actual tuning control. There are now enough switches to account for three bands.
3) the back has a plethora of sockets, but I only know what one was used for. The others are a mystery. One has the plug wired down, and that plug has cut-off wires. Another has a socket on the end of some wires sticking through the chassis. Then there are two identical sockets, one of which had the output transformer plugged into it.
4) the serial number plate says "Majestic Radio, Made in USA, E 428369"
5) about half of the label/tube chart is intact inside the cabinet, though what's left isn't too legible.
6) the tuning needle is still there, it was just tucked back on the chassis, hanging on the broken tuning string.
7) the wood, minus the rotted remains of the decorative foot, the shattered bottom plate and the top is in decent shape. It may be salvageable with a re-veneer and re-glue of the various bits. There was apparently a divider under the radio chassis compartment at one point. I'm not sure why, as there is no obvious ingress to the lower chamber. The plate inside the "arch" doesn't seem too original to the rest of the cabinet, but I don't know why it would have been replaced. The speaker had to have been inside that oval bezel, unless it had two speakers.
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