A few months ago new member speabody5 announced he had a C.E. VII in a Modern Cabinet and was liquidating his late father's estate and this was part of it. I notified him of interest via PM's and a deal was struck. The plan is to strip my functional but wholly BUTT-FUGGLY cabinet and install my gear into his cabinet. And keep the spare Tuner/preamp/amp /speakers/Turntable and hardware as spares but burn the cabinet.
After a couple of false starts, we finally got together in Va. Bch this morning. The C.E. VII was sitting in the same place (corner of the Dining room) it had been sitting since 1964. Unfortunately no paperwork. No problem. It did come with the 45 spindle, And a Pickering ATE Cartridge. speabody5 stated it had not been used in approx 20 years and his father had told him that it didn't know any of the words (for those who lack a sense of Humor, the Unit HUMS!).
All parts were there and with ambient light all tubes look original. We'll see tomorrow. What I could see were all FISHER branded and either Tele's or Mullards.
The cabinet is flawless, with the exception of a couple of Vacuum cleaner nicks on the front legs. Lettering on the Fascia is totally intact, and all knob brights are present and shiny! The Placard with the tube and wiring diagram on the back is intact as is a placard for changing the dial lamps. This thing looks like it just got delivered from the Factory, it's that good.
It's in the bed of the truck locked up (hard tonneau) with a thick blanket between the cabinet and the tonneau. Pillows front and back with about 1/2" of clearance front and back and less than 1/4" from the tonneau to the front of the unit. It ain't goin anywhere.
Once I get it out tomorrow and in the house, I'll take some pics, before and after dusting/cleaning.
Incidently the deal is once I get it running he wants a movie of it playing some T.J. Brass. So I figured the Whipped Cream Album and the Lonely Bull Album would be appropriate with a little TJ Taxi thrown in for good measure!
After a couple of false starts, we finally got together in Va. Bch this morning. The C.E. VII was sitting in the same place (corner of the Dining room) it had been sitting since 1964. Unfortunately no paperwork. No problem. It did come with the 45 spindle, And a Pickering ATE Cartridge. speabody5 stated it had not been used in approx 20 years and his father had told him that it didn't know any of the words (for those who lack a sense of Humor, the Unit HUMS!).
All parts were there and with ambient light all tubes look original. We'll see tomorrow. What I could see were all FISHER branded and either Tele's or Mullards.
The cabinet is flawless, with the exception of a couple of Vacuum cleaner nicks on the front legs. Lettering on the Fascia is totally intact, and all knob brights are present and shiny! The Placard with the tube and wiring diagram on the back is intact as is a placard for changing the dial lamps. This thing looks like it just got delivered from the Factory, it's that good.
It's in the bed of the truck locked up (hard tonneau) with a thick blanket between the cabinet and the tonneau. Pillows front and back with about 1/2" of clearance front and back and less than 1/4" from the tonneau to the front of the unit. It ain't goin anywhere.
Once I get it out tomorrow and in the house, I'll take some pics, before and after dusting/cleaning.
Incidently the deal is once I get it running he wants a movie of it playing some T.J. Brass. So I figured the Whipped Cream Album and the Lonely Bull Album would be appropriate with a little TJ Taxi thrown in for good measure!