Rare Art Deco Emerson Stradavarius Strad Violin Wood Radio




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Reference Number: Avaluer:543472Brand: Emerson
Original Description:
This is one of the best examples of the nicest wood table radio ever made - the 1939 Emerson Stradavarius!  The beautiful art deco cabinet design, with the top shaped as a violin including the sounding cutouts, is one of the best.  This is model CL-256 with the "D" shaped dial and it is the rarest of the rare "Strad" models (models CV-296 and CV-298 have square dials).  Although most are made of walnut, this CL-256 is the rare tiger maple version.  The cabinet has b...een completely restored and finished with coats of hand-rubbed lacquer (the photos do not do justice to the beauty of this radio and the actual color is a deeper rich tan).  The receiver is not a simple TRF but rather a state of the art superhetrodyne design and not a bad performer for 1939.  The radio has the correct original chassis and it has had a professional electronic restoration (all the electrolytics replaced with new production parts, all paper foil capacitors replaced with modern poly's, all circuit voltages were measured and all resistors replaced; all moving parts were cleaned and lubricated and it has been professionally aligned to better than factory specs; and it now has a new polarized line cord).  This rarest of the rare Emerson Stradavarius wood radios is now sensitive, selective, and loud with very good tone.  This radio was made before internal loop antennas became standard so a 10 foot wire antenna is included - just unroll and drop to the floor behind the radio (even with the antenna coiled up as shown, the radio is sensitive enough to get local stations just fine).  This radio is as good as radio collecting gets, or stand alone, you only need this one radio for it is the best of them all.  Buyer to pay $45 for postage and insurance within the continental US.



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