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| These come in many variants. All look the same on the outside. It's the valves that
changed from week to week. The set was first made with Octal valves, but over the course of a year or so, these
were phased out and substituted with the little all-glass B7G miniature types. Some in-between sets have some
of one type and some of the other. This is the late version, which was a re-tooled chassis pressing which only
ever had the small valves, so that makes it a 1951 version, not a 1950 version. It's in good order, and the
Bakelite is nice. It's dirty, of course, but dirt like beauty is only skin deep. There are only two moans with
this set. The first is the wear to the gold paint on the front panel around the volume control. Most of these
are worn there, and they're easy enough to re-spray, but do pick a nice old gold colour, not some horrid plastic
gold colour which will look all wrong. The other moan is a bit unusual. Inside the set, the dial is meant to
be held in place with two long thin springy thingies. One has obviously given up the ghost at some time, because
someone has replaced it with a piece of Paxolin, secured in place with a couple of dobs of glue. You can't
see any difference from the outside, and you'd still get the dial out for cleaning, so I don't think it's anything
to worry about. This will make a nice little set, and although you never guarantee and easy job, this isn't a
terribly complex chassis. This will make a pretty little set and I think it's well worth doing.
Size: 26cm High, 39cm Wide, 21cm Deep. Just email me if you want this one!
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