Seeking Information: 1941 Stromberg-Carlson 520 Radio
If anyone reading this has information about a Stromberg-Carlson 520-PG from 1941, I would appreciate if you contacted me. I’ve been trying to find a photo of one that someone else owns, or even a picture of one in a printed advertisement, to help determine how it needs to be refinished – but as far as my research has indicated, I might have the only documented example of this model.
The Radiomuseum doesn’t have any more information than I do (in fact, those are my photos on their site). There’s nothing in the Radio Attic Archives, a huge collection of photos of restored radios from all different models. The Antique Radio Forum gallery of Stromberg Carlson radios has a bare chassis photo of another model in the 520 family. And even “Made in Rochester“, a site dedicated to a lot of S-C audio equipment, has only the scanned engineering data. A fellow radio collector has identified it as having a highly desirable Ingraham cabinet, which is a plus.
There’s this ad, showing the 520-PL which has the chassis mounted under a hinge in the top, and the record player is accessed from above:
Another radio enthusiast on the board found a 520-J which uses the same chassis but in a tabletop format, that’s the closest I’ve found so far:
I don’t know that much about the value of these radios, but refinishing “antiques” is a great way to significantly decrease the value. You might want to get an experts opinion before you do anything. It;s a beautiful piece. Good luck.
i have the same one it all here powers up needs littel tinkering
and to be refinished would love to find a good home for it