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Thanks, Larry. I still drop by now and again to see what turns up. Still interested in the history and those elusive models known only from crumbled, yellowing price lists and grainy, old, black and white photos. Waiting on those photos from Mass. - doesn't look encouraging, though.Welcome Back RED! Hopefully this will bring more posts in the future.
Once I got the chance to sort through all of the many hundreds of pages of Fisher documents I was kindly allowed to copy, I did come across one reference to the Kennedy Fishers. It was in the text of a speech given by Mr. Fisher at a Fisher Europa press conference on April 2, 1987. The speech is an interwoven personal and corporate history and contains the following statement:
"When President Kennedy wanted hi-fi equipment for his private rooms at the White House, Fisher equipment was chosen and installed. In addition to that, we designed two completely self-contained hi-fi systems fitted into aluminum cases that traveled with the President on Air Force 1, wherever he went in the world. They were multi-voltage and were routinely set up in his living quarters, on arrival."
I share Larry's skepticism regarding the reputed 'Evelyn Lincoln' Allegro. The photo from Hyannis Port is very interesting, though. Further research is definitely warranted.
..it just leaves me wondering if it was really purchased in 1962. The only thing tying this to 1962 is that label affixed by some clerk....I'm sure the proof of delivery from the White House would at least put that piece in possession in 1964...But 1962??? I don't see anything here that goes along with that thought process that this indeed was in service at the White house in 1962..