Classic Hifi Care

This is evidently an original from the 1940s from a famous designer, far-out!

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/fuo ... 02978.html

Why is the 1956 Zenith not posted under... ummm Zenith?

Never heard of this designer, but it's mono, probably not a new creation.

Looks like maybe the designer forgot the relationship between form and function. Is it a chairside?

That thought sent me down the rabbit hole to get some info on my only chairside console, a Philco Model 370 from 1931. It was designed by Norman Bel Geddes, a famous industrial designer of the day. How do I know? A Philco decal proudly tells me so! There was a thing for famous designers in the mid-20th century. The online sources say this was the first chairside. See a picture here.

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/NBGPublic ... cfm?id=176

and here.

https://attic.city/item/hZz/restored-19 ... go/deco2go

The Philco is a superhet. I should move it up in the queue.

Chris Campbell

Yes Norman Bel Geddes was right up there with Raymond Loewy as one of the most famous designers of the time.

Chair-side radios made a lot of sense in the days before remotes!

It looks like a regular period console that got scrambled up in a transporter accident...

I like that Philco, Chris. Where on earth did you ever find it?

Bill

Pretty sure it was a yard sale item. It was working when I found it, probably around 1980. It would have been almost 50 then. Not bad. Likely humming pretty badly if I plugged it in now!

Chris Campbell