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Zenith Chairside
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06-17-2019, 07:26 PM
I picked this up today. Its a Zenith 6s249 chairside radio.  A full checkup and recap will be happening soon.

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06-17-2019, 07:33 PM
That's a beautiful 1938 chairside, congratulations!
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06-17-2019, 07:35 PM
My first chairside radio.
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06-17-2019, 08:37 PM
A real beaut, hope you have a good chair to go with it! Icon_lol

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06-18-2019, 11:02 AM
It will take some rearranging. Icon_smile
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06-18-2019, 11:48 AM
That is a beauty!

I think the last large set I'd like to add to my collection would be a chairside. It seems such a natural way to blend the function of a radio with the form of a piece of furniture.
I don't hold with furniture that talks.
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06-18-2019, 12:16 PM
Hmmmm,.... gorgeous trim!   That semicircle is just right for it's function.
It looks like it has a downward-facing driver, ....or does it come with a remote speaker unit?
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06-18-2019, 01:14 PM
Great radio. What's best, the finish is great.
Kirk's dream, a nice chairside Icon_smile

Congrats!
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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06-18-2019, 08:10 PM
The speaker aims front, center, behind the "rings"

My wife likes it.

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06-18-2019, 08:13 PM
Everybody smoked back then!  I guess it was cool.
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06-18-2019, 10:03 PM
"The speaker aims front, center, behind the 'rings' "

Very nice bud. Thanks.
What an elegant picture !
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06-19-2019, 08:44 AM
You sure do have a good looking wife.
Tell her to quit smoking though.
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06-19-2019, 08:59 AM
Nobody knew the dangers of smoking back then.

The dangers from smoking wasn't made public until the early 60's, I believe. Icon_evil
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06-20-2019, 04:59 PM
I took it to my antique radio guy this morning. He's giving it the full treatment electronically. I'm excited to bet it back in a few days, good as new.
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06-21-2019, 11:05 AM
You are lucky to have a good antique radio guy. I had a AA5 should be simple right, gave me fits. I have a few friends, very bright and good technicians, one of them took it as a personal challenge, worked on it for several hours and it was just not going to come back. He had "fun" with it he said trying to figure out like a puzzle, I would have put my head in the oven. I just remembered I have electric!

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