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RCA portable. need info
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:26 am
by JAR
Saw at an estate sale today.
Any info appreciated. RCA - $30.00 asking price.
Cranked it up, turntable works.
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JR
Re: RCA portable. need info
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:51 am
by barnettrp21122
It looks like a 1940's model. Could be fine, though I don't think the later reproducers can be easily taken apart for rebuilding. Price isn't bad at all!
Bob
Re: RCA portable. need info
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:40 pm
by OrthoFan
Looking at the record holder and sound box "cup," I'd say it's from the later 1930s -- 1937/1938. For 30-bucks I'd definitely go for it. The sound box can probably be restored, if it's like the one on the portable I used to own.
While not up to the quality of the Victor and very early RCA-Victor portables of the late 1920s/early 1930s, these still sound pretty good, as this example proves --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcnnUpsAVRI
OrthoFan