1947 Magnavox Brittany corner television

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by magnasonic66

No affiliation. For sale in the Philadelphia area. Rare item. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/atq/2487276089.html

I've been looking at this unit for a while now and have not been able to find out anything about it.
I don't know that I've ever seen a Magnavox TV from the 1940's (if it really is from 1947 ?).
I don't see any information about it on the Internet.
What's it's story?
Thanks.
Bob

[Tom Albrecht]

I recently restored a combo Magnavox similar in some respects to this. I documented it here before returning it to its owner: http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/magnavo...i_ct246bt.html

CRT mask looks very similar. Control panel similar, but not 100% the same.

If you try to look up this model anywhere, you will not find it. I got the impression that it was some kind of custom order. Perhaps they had a bunch of different cabinet styles that a dealer could install this TV in.

One thing about the model I restored is that the chassis could not be removed from the cabinet without removing the CRT from the chassis first. Quite annoying!

[ChuckA]

The cabinet looks like it has the round 16" Magnavision set installed, I believe this was used from the 1950 model year until the rectangular CRT's were installed around '53/'54.

Magnavox used 10" & 12" CRT's in their 1948/1949 sets. It is an interesting looking set, and it is only a few miles from me but I already have 2 Imperial Windsors. Not sure if I really want to find a place to stuff another big console.

Chuck