11-07-2012, 11:58 PM
Speaking of British Philcos, here is a set that I ran into the other day:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-Phil...51a3538d6c
It looks like a Philco 60 or 66 chassis with a shadowmeter added. The cabinet is very interesting, a horizontal mantle cabinet with the styling of an inclined sounding board console, the grille reminds me of my Canadian Philco 3118. British Philco seemed to like using rather elaborate cabinet designs, not only compared to American Philcos but compared to other British sets. Many of the sets from there, even tombstones, seem to have rather utilitarian cabinet designs, like a plywood box, with maybe walnut veneer on the front and few grille bars, sometimes just plain grille cloth.
Regards
Arran
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-Phil...51a3538d6c
It looks like a Philco 60 or 66 chassis with a shadowmeter added. The cabinet is very interesting, a horizontal mantle cabinet with the styling of an inclined sounding board console, the grille reminds me of my Canadian Philco 3118. British Philco seemed to like using rather elaborate cabinet designs, not only compared to American Philcos but compared to other British sets. Many of the sets from there, even tombstones, seem to have rather utilitarian cabinet designs, like a plywood box, with maybe walnut veneer on the front and few grille bars, sometimes just plain grille cloth.
Regards
Arran
