Scored a rare, huge, and HEAVY DuMont.....

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IIRC, Dumont folded and sold out to Emerson or such--in the Early 1950's..These sets tell us WHY.

We all marvel at our Zenith sets, such as the flat-chassis SS color sets, the "tin can" Zenith sets and even the 60's model tube color sets. WHy? because they were built MUCH better--than any other at the time. And that Build quality is why there are still sets out there for us to find and get going.

Well--Dumont seemed to be even a STEP, or maybe TWO--above Zenith Quality of build!! 4 different chassis, just for a tv and radio !! HEAVY metal used throughout. As much as I hate to say it--WAAYYY "over complicated and over-engineered" . Almost "rube Goldbergish", to be honest. That deflection chassis seems to be built to ABOVE industrial standards !! And it, and that amp , or signal chassis ALONE_-are as as big as-or bigger than--many COMPLETE tv chassis from 1947.. SO much so--evidently--few could afford them-- Dumnt lost money.. and they merged into a MUCH cheaper-made set...with just the "brand" on them.

Sad...because the few "real" Dumont sets out there..are WAAYYY above pretty much ANYTHING else built !!