Artisan Handcrafted Wood 1936 Kadette Model 76 Vacuum Tube AM Radio Cute Little Woody! Sounds Great!
DESCRIPTION: Tabletop vacuum tube AM and shortwave radio manufactured by Kadette from 1936 in excellent working condition.
CABINET CONDITION: Cabinet is original hand crafted curved wood. The finish is factory original. No cracks, chips or major scratches or missing pieces in wood construction. There are areas on top where the finish has worn down to the wood due to age. No chipped or missing veneer along edges and corners. The left side bottom wood trim rail is missing. Not repainted, no touch up, no over spray. There is finish age checking throughout. Clear original tuning plastic window is not cracked, no chips, not yellowed with age, securely attached. Original grill fabric is not ripped, some water stains, not separated along edges. No broken or missing grill baffles.
WORKING CONDITION: Picks up AM stations clearly and loudly around the dial with external antenna attachment which is included. Any long hank of wire will work.
LOGO: No missing logos.
KNOBS: Matching knobs are in excellent condition no cracks no chips securely attached.
LETTERING: No missing ink, smudges, flaking, or rub-off on tuning dial numbering. The tuning dial works fine.
DIAL LIGHT: Dial light works and lights brightly.
SOUND QUALITY: There is no loud or pervasive hum. There is no loud or pervasive static between stations unless you operate near modern megahertz devices. The set has been aligned according to factory specifications.
INTERNAL ELECTRONICS: All out of tolerance paper and wax capacitors have been replaced with modern equivalents so this radio has another 50+ years or more of playing time! The tubes are working fine. All out-of-spec resistors have been replaced with modern correct value and voltage equivalents. The radio has been thoroughly cleaned and inspected. All wiring has been thoroughly checked for possible bridging and weak solder connection.
BACKING BOARD: Factory original wood backing board is in excellent condition.
POWER CORD: The brand new power cord and safety polarized plug are in excellent original working condition with no cracks, or splits. No exposed wiring.
FACTORY LABEL: No factory labels.
COLOR: brown, cherry color wood
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DIMENSIONS: Approximately 12" x 6" x 9" (l x w x h)
WEIGHT: 8 lbs 0 oz
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Product: antique radio, vintage radio, retro radio, vacuum tube radio, AM radio, art deco, mid-century product.
Category: radio
Cabinet construction: wood
Period: 1930s
Country of manufacture: USA
Electronics: Mounted circuit board or chassis. Vacuum tube circuit.
Vacuum tubes: tested and working. Amplifier, converter, detector, pre-amplifier, rectifier