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The Capt of the ship here recently forwarded me an email from a fellow in California who was acquiring a Philco 509X cabinet that had a newer audio system in it and was looking for a home for the soon to be empty cabinet. The rare (500 were sold for $600 each) circa 1935 Hi-Fi set has been on my bucket list for many years.

I worked out a deal with the fellow and it will hopefully be delivered here to my home soon while I continue to look for some original guts aka 201X stuff for it. Ron told me a 118 chassis would also fit the original face board. The non-correct RP was spoken for by another collector in Ca.

One of these sold as a complete set a year or so on Ebay for big $$$ and I think this one has a much nicer cabinet as long as the movers don't drop it on the way here.

Thank you Ron for the lead.

I had Kenny Richmond look at the photos for his opinion and he said if I sent it to him I would never see it again he liked the look so much.

His description of the veneers used :

Well,...the lid and the face is Carpathian Elm,.. the field for the 2 inch inlay is Cocobola and the black is probably Azobe or some other common African black hardwood.

The top surrounding the lid is a straight grain Walnut most likely Claro, as it has a pretty blond color, and then the rest of the cabinet is just cross grain panels of the same Claro walnut with some Dark Walnut Burl panels on the upper and lower sides.

Then the same Walnut Burl on the crown of the grille and grille surround.

And everyone says my grille cloth is a good duplication, as this one is quite faded.

Very Pretty Set !!

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