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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Interesting history lesson. Would have never known Halicrafters bought them.
I think I recaped one for someone a few years ago.
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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.