Heathkit Roundie

[hi_volt]

Here are some pictures of the cabinet I picked up late from a CL ad yesterday for my Heathkit roundie. It's an Asian style TV cabinet, probably from a 50's B&W set, which looks to have been "re-purposed" into a shelf many years ago. The black lacquer finish and the red paint on the inside of the cabinet looks to be original. It needs some touch up, and I'll need to modify the inside to re-position the shelf to accommodate the Heathkit and add a speaker grille of some kind at the bottom, but it looks like everything will fit.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by hi_volt

It's an Asian style TV cabinet, probably from a 50's B&W set

In the early 1950s there was a brief vogue for "Chinese" style TV cabinets. Stromberg-Carlson made a few, but their door designs tend to be more ornate than yours and I believe they always showed people in some fashion. Admiral also made a couple of Chinese cabinets, but I'm not very familiar with those designs. Perhaps other makers, too . . . .

Pretty cool cab, anyhow. I hope you can make everything fit. It would be a nice coup to re-re-purpose it back into a television housing as Nature intended.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[Steve D.]

Stromberg-Carlson did produce some very elegant Chinese style cabinets in the 1950's. From the 1954-55 model year catalog.

-Steve D.