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Old 01-26-2003, 09:11 PM
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And now a Coronado

I picked up this small 1948 Coronado floor model today.

This uses the RCA 721 chassis, slightly modified, the channel plate starts at channel 2 but there are about 5 or 6 clicks between 2 and 13 with a blank space on the dial so I don't know if the tuner is actually a channel 1 or not?

Good CRT, shorted filter caps I think because powering it up through a bulb shows too much draw and a hot 5U4.

The picture makes it look like the veneer is loose on top, it's not but it does need refinished.

So who was Coronado?

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Old 01-26-2003, 10:53 PM
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Hey Eric,

That is kinda a neat score. I hadn't heard of them either. Too bad about the grille cloth. They should'a made that horizontal protection bar about a foot wider! Are you going to restore it fully? Knowing you that's a dumb question right.

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Old 01-27-2003, 12:30 AM
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According to the Bunis books Coronado was made in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. When I was growing up in Wisconsin we had a department store by the name of Gambles (I don't know where else those stores were located and when they closed) that carried Coronado brand appliances including radios and probably TVs.

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Yup, the "Coronado" was made by the Gamble-Skogmo Corporation. I only remember that because Rob and I happened to come across that in a Riders.
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Old 01-28-2003, 09:47 PM
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Yup, the "Coronado" was made by the Gamble-Skogmo Corporation. I only remember that because Rob and I happened to come across that in a Riders.
That's interesting to know.

I can't recall ever seeing a Gambles here in California so perhaps this set is not a native,
but if as Steve K says they were made in Los Angeles it would make sense that someone was selling them here.

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