Hi Greg, Thanks for the note. No one has mentioned owning a Credenza. Yes, I did notice the drastic price reduction. Really shows the impact of electricity and radio. The late 20s catalogs have wonderful pictures of radios. I was surprised that Sears did not alter the cabinets dramatically over 10 years. Except for the grill design the cabinets remained the same. The demand for their machines must have been pretty consistent as they certainly could not have inventoried those machines over a decade. Merle Springzen sent me a note a few weeks ago. She collects Sears catalogs and owns catalogs from 1915 to 1921. I'd recommend you send her a note to see if she can help to identify your console. From the design I strongly suspect is from the 20s. When you suggested offering the information to other collectors . . . my initial reaction was that no one would be interested. I was really surprised by the interest it received. I've sent out 30 cds so far and have received a couple more requests in the last few hours. I'm very surprised! And delighted. I think my next project will be the 550 pg Edison record catalog. This time I will not send an email until it is copied to file and a few dozen copies are made. I have some original dealor letters and a few other paper items that I will copy and include with the CD. It should be a fun project but time consuming. Thanks once again for the suggestion. Hope you have a wonderful week.
Gregory Acker <[email protected]> wrote: Today I also received my copy of Wayne's Silvertone CD. Super resource with great information and pictures. Thank you for taking the time Wayne. For those who have looked at the catalogs - has anyone ever seen the Silvertone Imperial "Credenza" in the 1928 flyer? Looks like they just copied the Victor. Also - did you notice how much the price dropped between 1928 and 1933. Greg Acker _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org <:)> Wayne H My website is at http://www.phonomantiques.com/ From [email protected] Thu Aug 23 19:59:01 2007 From: [email protected] (Andrew Baron) Date: Thu Aug 23 20:05:32 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Silvertone Catalog In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi Wayne and thank you so much for the Silvertone CD. I'm enjoying making little discoveries such as the variety of dancing figures (pg. 27.jpg), and the fact that the armchair consumer could order replacement mainsprings (scat1933-2.jpg).j It was also interesting to read the description of the tone control (pg3.jpg), and its reference to "the doors on the Victrola or the shutters on the Columbia Grafonola". Also in the same paragraph, the description of the modulator being "manipulated while playing, thus enabling you to give your own interpretation to the music", is certainly reminiscent of the way player piano operators of the same era were encouraged to interact with the controls while the piano was playing to make the music their own. Always fascinating to learn and discover, and I thank you once again for creating this opportunity. Best regards, Andy Baron Santa Fe, NM From [email protected] Thu Aug 23 21:12:29 2007 From: [email protected] (Loran T. Hughes) Date: Thu Aug 23 21:14:48 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Silvertone Catalog In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Super resource, Wayne! FWIW, I found that I have pages from a 1927/28 fall & winter catalog that came out just before your 1928 catalog. I'll see if I can't get 'em scanned up and posted this weekend. Looks like the same models, but shows price differences between the seasons. Loran On Aug 23, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Gregory Acker wrote: > Today I also received my copy of Wayne's Silvertone CD. Super > resource with great information and pictures. > Thank you for taking the time Wayne. > > For those who have looked at the catalogs - has anyone ever seen > the Silvertone Imperial "Credenza" in the 1928 flyer? Looks like > they just copied the Victor. Also - did you notice how much the > price dropped between 1928 and 1933. > > Greg Acker
