Here is my newest acquisition. Can you all help me date this 44B? I don't see it in the photo gallery. It uses a different cabinet than the two other 44Bs I have seen. What year is it?
I have heard it called a clamshell cathedral. Anyone have a different name?
It is different from the 144B clamshell I have. Different escutcheon and knobs.
It seems to fit the "Philco for 1935 (June 1934)" category era. Am I right?
Huh. Maybe it's my bad photography. I realized it is the pretty much the same at the 144B clamshell I have at home. The left one what I just found and is at my office. (I know, I should bring it home and compare...)
The stitched together photo shows the two and their differences.
I've noticed on the left one has a layer of what may be tar from cigarettes, cigars on the face of the cabinet. Maybe it's just old and has a lot of wear on the finish. Check out the tuning knob - a lot of wear around it The knobs and escutcheon are different than the other 144B.
Maybe they were switched out... or, did Philco vary the escutcheon and knobs on this model to suit the taste of the buyer? The escutcheon sure looks original to me...
Could the rosette knobs indicate a 44B and the hex knobs a 144B? What do you all think?
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2017, 07:10 PM by Scott D.)
I suggest you carefully remove the escutcheon, take some close-up photos of the hole where the escutcheon mounts, and post them here. That will allow me to tell you whether or not it left the factory with the older escutcheon.
Why not take the escutcheon off your other 144B and see how it fits on the set with the older escutcheon? Then you will know whether it covers the hole, or not. Just a thought.