{"id":1749,"date":"2013-07-19T14:57:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T19:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2013-07-19T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T19:59:08","slug":"my-obsession-with-antique-radios-and-victorolas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1749","title":{"rendered":"My Obsession With Antique Radios and Victrolas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a0Rest Day<\/p>\n<p>I have had this obsession with antique radios for years. \u00a0The older they are, the better. My favorite radios I have were manufactured before they even produced electric powered radios! \u00a0These things were run by batteries resembling the size of a car battery~and of course they are all &#8220;tube&#8221; radios. \u00a0How awesome is that!?!<\/p>\n<p>My oldest radio is a 1925 &#8220;Coffin Style&#8221; radio. \u00a0That means it hinges open and the lid lifts like the lid of a coffin. \u00a0These &#8220;coffin radios&#8221; are battery operated and have three very large dials. \u00a0Sometimes they are called TRF (Tuner Radio Frenquency) radios. \u00a0I have three of them and they are the favorites of all the radios in my collection.<\/p>\n<p>BUT~today, I have added to my collection and it will be my oldest piece to date.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, I am going to take possession of a 1898 National Phonograph Cabinet Victrola! \u00a0How awesome is that!?! \u00a0This will be the first Victrola I have ever purchased.<\/p>\n<p>The National Phonograph Company was owned and operated by the inventor of the phonograph~Thomas Edison! \u00a0This is a coup for me and I am very excited about it!<\/p>\n<p>This Victrola is in reasonable condition for being over 100 years old. \u00a0The Grille cloth is tired and the cabinet has a few dings but other than that, it is in very nice shape. \u00a0The people from whom I am purchasing this was going to restore the cabinet! \u00a0That is such a HUGE NO-NO! \u00a0Restoring cabinets actually makes the piece De-crease in value! \u00a0So, I caught it just in time.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, on Sunday afternoon, you will find my husband any myself driving from our home in Mississippi to a little town SE of Memphis, TN. \u00a0It will make a nice Sunday afternoon drive of about 2 1\/2-3 hrs each way. \u00a0NO Problem! \u00a0We enjoy driving so it will be a lovely way to spend our Sunday once church is over.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing this in person. \u00a0Here is one of the photos she sent me of the Victrola. \u00a0Hope you enjoy seeing it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=1750\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1750\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1750\" alt=\"702672_4011203090556_1829324917_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/702672_4011203090556_1829324917_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/702672_4011203090556_1829324917_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/702672_4011203090556_1829324917_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/702672_4011203090556_1829324917_n-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a0Rest Day I have had this obsession with antique radios for years. \u00a0The older they are, the better. My favorite radios I have were manufactured before they even produced electric powered radios! \u00a0These things were run by batteries resembling the size of a car battery~and of course they are all &#8220;tube&#8221; radios. \u00a0How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}