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I got a GE K85
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Oh, a Canadian G.E, nice set but not easy to work on, other then the one knob and a few tubes it looks pretty complete, the cabinet should come up good, I think it's a 1933 model. That's one thing that I need for my collection, a six legged C.G.E console from 1933-34, preferably one of the square dial sets, I have an M81 and an M61 which are tombstones, and a parts chassis for one of the 12 tube consoles of that year. Believe it or not Canadian G.Es were not made by Canadian RCA even though they use the same chassis design, they were built in the G.E plant in Toronto jaust as the Canadian Westinghouse sets were built in Hamilton. With the American G.E sets it was a different story, up until 1936 they were built by RCA in Camden, New Jersey. I think it was related to an anti trust judgement against RCA in 1930, before that G.E and Westinghouse manufactured radios for RCA. Was there anything else radio related in that house? Chassis are of course made out of steel and a lot of early sets had steel cabinets, not to mention speakers, transformers, etc.
Regards
Arran


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I got a GE K85 - by Dan Walker - 09-21-2011, 10:55 PM
Re: I got a GE K85 - by TA Forbes - 09-21-2011, 11:41 PM
Re: I got a GE K85 - by Arran - 09-22-2011, 07:38 PM
Re: I got a GE K85 - by Dan Walker - 09-22-2011, 11:01 PM
Re: I got a GE K85 - by TA Forbes - 09-23-2011, 10:23 PM



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