Westinghouse in Taylor, MI

[jeyurkon]

Here's Westinghouse combo in Taylor, Mi

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/atq/1555702626.html

John

[zenith porthole]

Yeah...I called about that set when it was first posted. She "has a rare antique", and is looking at offers in the $1,500 range. Its a shame; I would have gladly given it a home otherwise.

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by zenith porthole

Yeah...I called about that set when it was first posted. She "has a rare antique", and is looking at offers in the $1,500 range. Its a shame; I would have gladly given it a home otherwise.

Well, if anyone antes up that much for it, or the seller comes to their senses, I have the Photofact for it that they can have.

John

[zenith porthole]

What year is this set from? 1951-ish?

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by zenith porthole

What year is this set from? 1951-ish?

The photofact is dated 1-52.

John

[Jeffhs]

It's interesting to me that the radio in this combo is AM only (unless the picture is so small I can't see the FM band, if there is one, on the tuning dial). I would think by 1952 most combination sets would have been AM/FM. I had a great-aunt who owned an Admiral radio-phonograph (table model, late 1950s vintage), however, with an AM-only radio.

The TV combo being discussed here, however, is the first such combination unit (TV-radio-phono) I've ever seen with AM (no FM) radio. I can't help thinking I missed something in that picture, both in the thumbnail in jeyurkon's post and in the listing on Detroit CL. Hmmm. If the radio is in fact AM-only, it was probably marketed in areas where there were few or no FM stations at the time.


Oooops! My bad. I looked again at the picture of this combo and did in fact see two dial scales--one for AM, the other for FM. I guess my first look at the photos was so rushed I did not notice the second scale, either below or above the first one (the pictures were so small I couldn't tell which scale is for AM and which for FM).


BTW, I get a kick out of the disclaimer at the bottom of every Craigslist listing, including this one. It reads:

"It's NOT ok to contact this poster with sales or other commercial interests."

Hmmm. I guess the seller doesn't want to be bombarded with e-mail spam, or else that disclaimer reflects CL's own policy regarding advertising.