Re: [ARSCLIST] Prices of early high-quality phonographs

[Jack Raymond <jraymond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In a message dated 5/13/2009 1:35:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> clarkjohnsen@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> When my  parents went shopping for our first TV in the early Fifties,
> no one was  looking at the picture or listening to the sound; it was all
> about  furniture.

Shortly after World War II when "fidelity" came to be applied to the 
high-end reproduction of sound, the Manhattan-based Fisher company 
specialized in radio-phonographs that not only sounded better than most 
others but also were housed in handsome pieces of furniture.  The 
cabinet of the Fisher that I bought some 55 years ago stands today in my 
living room.  The origiinal turntable, amplifier, and speaker were 
removed many years ago, of course, but the cabinet with its folding 
doors still houses some of my electronics and still looks great.

-- Jack Raymond