11-02-2012, 06:38 PM
Thanks for pointing this out, Arran.
Now that I think about it, I have reached the conclusion that Philco probably toned those 620B cabinets both ways - some had the top strip toned, others didn't. Like the bottom strip on the front panel of a 640B, 650B, or shouldered 116B - some were toned, others were not.
I do see a shadow mask in the back of that eBay set. Either it's a very late production 620, a 625 chassis that was put into a 620 cabinet by a previous owner, or it is even possible that a very early 625 left the Philco factory in a 620 cabinet. It's happened before. I have a 38-643B cabinet that is actually the 1937 version (37-643B) cabinet, but it has a 38-643 sticker inside. Tom Forbes also has a 38-2650B which has the same 1937 cabinet. And I am also aware of a 200X that has a 201 chassis inside - including a factory tube layout sticker inside for the 201.
Always pinching pennies, often surprising us decades later, Philco tried not to waste any materials at all if they could keep from it.
Now that I think about it, I have reached the conclusion that Philco probably toned those 620B cabinets both ways - some had the top strip toned, others didn't. Like the bottom strip on the front panel of a 640B, 650B, or shouldered 116B - some were toned, others were not.
I do see a shadow mask in the back of that eBay set. Either it's a very late production 620, a 625 chassis that was put into a 620 cabinet by a previous owner, or it is even possible that a very early 625 left the Philco factory in a 620 cabinet. It's happened before. I have a 38-643B cabinet that is actually the 1937 version (37-643B) cabinet, but it has a 38-643 sticker inside. Tom Forbes also has a 38-2650B which has the same 1937 cabinet. And I am also aware of a 200X that has a 201 chassis inside - including a factory tube layout sticker inside for the 201.
Always pinching pennies, often surprising us decades later, Philco tried not to waste any materials at all if they could keep from it.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
