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Old 03-08-2010, 12:15 PM
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Beautiful Crosley on Craigslist

I guess this is a 630 chassis, but I have never seen this model. I don't have any room for another big console.


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Old 03-08-2010, 12:45 PM
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Looks like real wood veneer.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/1632103102.html
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Old 03-08-2010, 01:58 PM
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Uff da! Lots of tonnage for a picture that size.

Does the screen swivel to point toward one side or the other, as well as slide out? Unusual design, anyhow, and it looks like the cabinet's in beautiful shape.

Wonder if there's a phono turntable in the lower left . . . .

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Old 03-08-2010, 02:15 PM
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Morgan McMahons "A Flick of the Switch" (page 80) shows the set with the CRT swiveled to the left, and says that it is "AM-FM-TV-Phono"...so I would guess that the phono is indeed, left of the Radio/control panel.

Since the cabinet does not appear to be super deep, I wonder if the CRT must be swiveled 90 degrees to its normal viewing position so that the front doors can be closed?
Also, where *are* the front doors when the TV is positioned for viewing? Perhaps the "door" panel shown is actually the side of the rotated CRT display housing.


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Old 03-08-2010, 02:24 PM
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Another Craigslist auctioneer. Flagged.
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Old 03-08-2010, 03:08 PM
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Someone should grab this set. They are very rare.

The set is an unusual design, built by Crosley, not a 630. It uses plug in RF units, customized for the channels in your area. The CRT housing tilts 90 degrees when recessed:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/crosley_swingaview.html

http://www.earlytelevision.org/crosl...ew_manual.html
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Old 03-08-2010, 03:28 PM
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"The CRT housing tilts 90 degrees when recessed"

Wow! I must be missing something here... If the back of the CRT tilts down, won't it hit the tuner and/or phonograph? Or by "tilts" do you mean "rotates" ?

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Old 03-08-2010, 03:37 PM
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It rotates, not tilts.
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Old 03-08-2010, 04:02 PM
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The turntable is 78 only--if it's original.
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Old 03-10-2010, 03:37 PM
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That is a tribute to real furniture type construction.
Even though it is only a 10" inch screen I would love to have on in a room in my house. And make sure I never move it as I am sure it weighs a ton.
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:43 PM
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It's on eBay now, good pictures, looks like it's in beautiful condition!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Crosley-348...item414db89193

What are those big black can things on the bottom chassis?
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Old 03-11-2010, 10:08 PM
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I believe that those are the "picture pilots" ... the plug-in cans containing the tuned circuits for the tuner. See the manual link posted by Steve McVoy (above in post # 6 ). Very strange tuner, it appears that a long flex shaft is used to reach from the switch to the front panel of the set.

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