Envious of S-C Chinese Classic combo

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by fujifrontier

it's amazing the things they could say back then... if someone said "chinese" today you'd have all the whiny crybabies complaining

Maybe I'm out of touch, but as far as I know, it's okay to say "Chinese art". Capitalize the "C" though. Anyway, I showed the picture of this TV to a Chinese friend of mine, and he says that he had never seen furnature that looked like that when he grew up in China. He's from the area of China across from Tiawan. So maybe this style of TV cabinet would be seen only in other parts of China, if at all.

[KentTeffeteller]

Hi,

The reason for the 2 record turntables was that this is one of the very early 45 RPM players. It was common in the early days of microgroove to have a separate turntable or at least a separate tonearm for microgroove play. Usually the 2 armed players were manual only for microgroove play.

[peverett]

There is one of these on Ebay now. The set is in Bakersfield CA.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-STROMBER...QQcmdZViewItem

The starting bid is $500, fairly espensive.

[Eric H]

John, I really like the green on your set!

The eBay set is signed by the artist, were they all like that?
I don't see much about Doris Roeder on the Web, perhaps if it were signed by Picasso?

[polaraman]

Eric,

All the painted SC sets are signed by the artist. Mine is signed by Carl Johnson? I really do not think he was Chinese with a name like that!

The 1951 model like mine and John's were $995 when new in 1951.

My chassis is whacked and I cannot figure it out. Something went out and it is still not working. My 19AP4 is good. Peverett gave me another complete radio and TV chassis. Eventually I will transfer all the caps to the new chassis.

polaraman

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by polaraman

Eric,

All the painted SC sets are signed by the artist. Mine is signed by Carl Johnson? I really do not think he was Chinese with a name like that!

They should have gotten Robert E Lee as an artist. Odd that the leader of the South was a Chinese guy... I had a professor Chin Wah Lee in college.

Wonder why they didn't just have the artwork just printed on... Like the old Philco and such table radios of the 30s made of cheap wood, but with a "photofinish" paper venieer to make it look fancy.

[Phil Nelson]

Don't you think the hand painting was intended as a luxury feature? $895 or $995 was a luxury price :-)

RCA made a couple of tabletop radios with painted designs -- one with Oriental patterns, another with a Mexican scene.

The painting may not have been that expensive, anyway. Think of all the other things, from china to cheap souvenirs, that were hand painted.

Phil

[richteel]

Originally Posted by Eric H

John, I really like the green on your set!

The eBay set is signed by the artist, were they all like that?
I don't see much about Doris Roeder on the Web, perhaps if it were signed by Picasso?

I just bought a Stromberg-Carlson Chinese Classic cabinet from Goodwill to use as a stand for my 3D Printer. I did not know what it was other than a nice looking gutted TV cabinet.

I found this post because the cabinet is signed by Doris Roeder. She has at least a few pieces of her work still around. After 7 years after Eric's post, there is still nothing more about her on the web.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by peverett

There is one of these on Ebay now.

He says that it works, but he should have a picture of the set with a video image on the CRT on the ebay listing....