Frank Sinatra's Stereo

[audiomagnate]

What do we have here besides a three channel Ampex/Altec system and an awesome dog?

 

[cubby01]

I'll play... .

We have here one most excellent 1958 Frank Reenskaug Rocking Chair (Model 182). And you can bet that's an actual Eames Lounge / Ottoman he's sitting in.

And we know know Mr Sinatra was a Buddhist.

 

[Junknewbian]

Well, that mid-century rocker is rockin....rocks my world.....just plain rocks!
Of course calling it mid-century when the picture is mid-century is redundant, but still, it is a super-stylin rocker.

 

[SimplySound]

What's rockin' is the 19" Magnovox on the top shelf... would love to snuggle with Marilyn watching a movie on that thing! :thmbsp:

 

[Sam Cogley]

I'll play...we have a picture that's been the subject of long threads before.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=455322
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=371746

 

[Junknewbian]

Is that a basket of cash? It's a healthy snack for him and the dog.

 

[Junknewbian]

I'll play...we have a picture that's been the subject of long threads before.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=455322
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=371746

Alright, from the old threads I understand they are smokes! A little less healthy snack than cash but still delicious.

 

[caddisgeek]

Big bowl of smokes, cause smokin's rad

 

[allsmith]

Im kinda wondering whats on that plate and what he keeps in that little box on the table! He is still smiling while the dog is chewing off his hand! Lol

 

[SimplySound]

...and what, no one has picked up on the carpet? It's SHAG for cryin' out loud! :yes:

 

[Valvetype]

My Missus will love Old Blue Eyes even more now that she knows he was a Labrador man as well as a fine singer...

 

[frankxbe]

So what brand did he smoke?

 

[sealy]

I'll play... .

We have here one most excellent 1958 Frank Reenskaug Rocking Chair (Model 182). And you can bet that's an actual Eames Lounge / Ottoman he's sitting in.

And we know know Mr Sinatra was a Buddhist.

Yes, Frank was as much a Buddhist as Sammy Davis Jr. was a Jew. As regards designer furniture, I defer to your knowledge on the subject. Does look like a groovy stereo, however.

 

[rnorton]

Is that a basket of cash? It's a healthy snack for him and the dog.

I think it's a bowl full of 8 tracks.

 

[cubby01]

Yes, Frank was as much a Buddhist as Sammy Davis Jr. was a Jew. As regards designer furniture, I defer to your knowledge on the subject. Does look like a groovy stereo, however.

I was kidding about Frank being a Buddhist based on some of the art in the photo. As far as I know he was born, raised and died Catholic. Can you be a Catholic Buddhist? Anyway Sammy, however did convert to Judaism as an adult, that's pretty well known.

 

[jimfet]

I wonder how many tapes he has recorded of him and Dean, and Sammy, sitting around drinking and singing together. They probably had a piano in that room somewhere. Or just played music and sang to it.

 

[cubdog]

What do you think the street value on those smokes would be today? :scratch2:

cubdog

 

[frommerstop]

Ah, what I wouldn't give to be able to look behind those speaker grills! I've seen this picture, and a few others of his system, but I always wonder what the speakers are... Bozak maybe? Rudy often did customs for "special" clients, and I can't imagine any more special than "old blue eyes".

 

[cubby01]

I've seen this picture, and a few others of his system, but I always wonder what the speakers are... Bozak maybe?

I understood them to be Altecs

 

[meggy]

I wonder if the door knob can hit the grill of the left speaker when the door swings fully open? Hard to tell by the perspective.