[Arran]

It's strange how things go with the radio market, I remember about 20 or more years ago nobody wanted Detrola made sets or any department store make, even Airlines. Why people decided to take to Detrolas I have no idea, there were other independent makes with fancy dials that don't have anywhere near the fanfare, also ones that were better performers and better made. This one may have been more of a bargain because it was a radio-phonograph combo unit and a console. It's probably a good thing that it doesn't have motorized tuning, the Detrolas with motor tuning were notorious for burning up power transformers, I recall reading that they were not well designed in that there was no real protection should the motor or mechanism jamb. Like brand Z I think they were also infamous for using power transformers that were just adequate for handling the number of tubes in the set.
Regards
Arran