Sparton Radio set.

[Geordie McBoyne]

That's a nice looking 30's set you've got there David.
I hope you've got a good selection of spare knobs - those push-button ones could be problematic.
I wonder why the loudspeaker isn't in the middle of the baffle ?
EDIT - I've just had a closer look and it would appear that there's a dial lamp right in the centre which would foul with the 'speaker if it was in the middle...


Andy

Hi Andy,
             I've confirmed that it is a late thirties set and also the Michael Sobell connection.

In page  297 of the Setmakers book we learn that Sobell Industries evolved from a company that employed only about a dozen people at one point before the war to reach a workforce of a thousand in 1950.
His had first established his first British company, Solectric in 1934, and from 1937 had made "Sparton" radio receivers at a small factory in Wembley. The factory was damaged by enemy action in 1940.

The knobs for the set are somewhere in the shop but only three push buttons are in existence.

Meanwhile, I've the long waveband to sort out.

Geordie McBoyne.