Capeheart console in VA

[jameswei]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/4486581842.html not mine
Is this console worth saving?

 

[Galaxie65]

I believe that model has tunes, not 100% sure

 

[jameswei]

It doesn't have the valuable TT changer that's for sure.

 

[rogerfederer]

really nice looking!

 

[ggregg]

That's a Glaser Steers changer, they are sought after by some.

Had one a year or two newer. Probably single ending EL84 outputs. Should sound pretty nice for a console. Not a power house though.

 

[gadget73]

G-S machines are neat to watch at any rate, or the GS-77 is at least.

The Capeharts that are really something special are the massive pre-war beasts with the turnover changer.

 

[ggregg]

Love watching them hit the brakes, the platter stops, the record drops, the arm moves to the lead in groove, then it starts again.

Gadget is right about the prewar and just postwar ones. They did move much more mainstream after ITT bought Capehart-Farnsworth in the late 40's I believe. But this vintage is still decent quality stuff, on par with Magnavox. Capehart fell apart in the late sixties and their seventies stuff was garbage.