An unicum combining new design, technical and commercial ideas at a turning point in (radio) history.In extremely good and original condition.The value of this pair is around 200US$ alone. When I looked at the back of the radio I was delighted to find two original Westinghouse UX-245 globe tubes (picts.17,18), that turned out to be perfectly matched in gain. The forms and colours of the 3 cabinets (R-15, Radiola 48, T-41) differ considerably I like the Victor R-15 most because of its light blond colour, its expansive front covering, and its wider dial window. It is in fact made from thin wood veneer layers, that were pressed together under high pressure into a form ( presswood), and thus retained the beautiful oriented grain structure of wood, and in fact looks like real carved wood (picts.7,8,20,21). The cabinets were made of what sometimes is wrongfully called repwood. It was in fact used also in the Westinghouse WR-4 and the Graybar 678, and other Victor radios used it as well ( R-14, R-15, RE-17 (with phono), R-42). The 4-stage TRF chassis RC-3 (picts.13,14,22-27) was one of the last Tuned Radio Frequency designs and was very successful. This radio is petite, blond, and sexy (pict.4) from top to bottom and from front to back. On a trip to the Okanagan I found this rare Victor R-15, a binovular twin of the US RCA Radiola 48 and the General Electric T-41.
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One of the last TRF's with two gorgeous matched original Westinghouse UX-245 Globe Tubes in the Push-Pull Audio
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Mostly known as the Radiola 48, it comes with special Victor make-up. This blond petite beauty lets your heart bump faster. Bonus: Push-Pull Matched Pair of Westinghouse UX-245 Globe Tubes 1930 Victor R-15 aka Radiola 48 Mini-Console Radio, Mintįrom the Okanagan: Victor (not RCA!) 1930 Midget Lowboy Console TRF Radio R-15 with Presswood Carved Front, Like New All-Original and Restored to Work.