03-30-2014, 10:01 PM
The one with Bass, Volume, Bands, Tuning sounds like a 41-280.
Maybe somebody just needed to replace the brass strip for some reason and the one from the previous year was handy.
If the knob labeled "Band" feels like a rotary switch, but the chassis is labeled 42-380, then something intriguing is going on.
Edited to add: Are your escutcheons otherwise identical? The 41 and 42 escutcheons are slightly different, I think. The 41 escutcheon is completely flat, but the 42 model is raised a bit around the push buttons to allow the station identifiers to be inserted from the front.
Maybe somebody just needed to replace the brass strip for some reason and the one from the previous year was handy.
If the knob labeled "Band" feels like a rotary switch, but the chassis is labeled 42-380, then something intriguing is going on.
Edited to add: Are your escutcheons otherwise identical? The 41 and 42 escutcheons are slightly different, I think. The 41 escutcheon is completely flat, but the 42 model is raised a bit around the push buttons to allow the station identifiers to be inserted from the front.
John Honeycutt
