Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick panatropes (continued)

I think there's one on eebay, right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brunswick-radio-with-panatrope-model-t4000-/151052855927 - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick panatropes (continued) Wikipedia supports a substantial

Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick panatropes (continued)

Wikipedia supports a substantial article about Brunswick (named for its creator, an emigrant from Switzerland) and its subsequent association with Mr. Balke and Mr. Collender, all during the 19th century. It mentions their discs and phonographs. It eventually manufactured other non-billiar

Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick panatropes

I am astonished. I am old enough to be aware of what was available to those who wanted a radio/phonograph in 1947 and never encountered a brand called Brunswick as an option. Capehart? Yes. But Brunswick as an independent entity doing anything at all except perhaps for manufacturing bil

Re: [Phono-L] Brunswick panatropes

I have some pictures of a Brunswick console that is from about 1947, definitely after WWII. It is labeled as "Brunswick with Panatrope". It looks like it was actually made by Capehart-Farnsworth as it uses the Farnsworth P-56 record changer and the chassis looks like a Farnsworth AM-FM mod