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Here are my serial numbers and dates of my two VT-71s. The older one is not marked TS-4D after all.
Walnut
#5782
January 30, 1948
Steel chassis
Blond
TS-4D
#24874
March 30, 1948
Copper chassis
On both of mine, the bottom control with the metal cap is called "audio adjust".
I am going to start restoring the walnut one now. It does have the round discs on the lower sides near the front. (I thought it was mahogany until I looked at your three pictures. I am very poor at recognizing wood types.) I had bought a restored VT-71 cabinet on Ebay a number of years ago, and it is definitely mahogany, comparing to your three sets. Now, I guess I have an excuse to find a third one of these (one of each finish).
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Chris
Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
Last edited by ChrisW6ATV; 06-04-2014 at 02:28 AM.
Reason: Corrected date on #5782 after a better look.
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