"Set 'em up Joe and play 'Walkin' the Floor!' " Nobody did it better. Now if you could just get some vintage Hank Williams doing the "Honky Tonk Blues"...
Well if I had to pick my favorite Ernest Tubb song it'd be this one. But what ever happened to Billy Byrd? I guess he hadn't joined E.T.'s country band yet. Another thing that I have noticed except for the old timers like E.T. the steel guitar seems to have gone the way of dinosaurs.
I have a big floor model console Stromberg Carlson radio from 1936. It still has all the paper stickers inside and that's how I know it's a '36 model. Get this...I found it beside the street with other stuff that somebody had put out for the trash truck. The original finish is still in good shape as is the fabric behind the wooden grille at the bottom. I replaced two tubes in it and it still plays great. It has a huge speaker, maybe a 15 incher.
Curtis Mathis has been around for years. The were not the best aets at all. They were cheap and did not last long. Then other companies such as samsung, zenith and RCA used the name.
This is really great. It almost seems like watching the TV show on the TV for real. Outstanding demonstration. There are not too many of these sets around so please keep it well preserved and do show more video demos.
"Set 'em up Joe and play 'Walkin' the Floor!' " Nobody did it better. Now if you could just get some vintage Hank Williams doing the "Honky Tonk Blues"...
DaveWVideo 5 months ago
Well if I had to pick my favorite Ernest Tubb song it'd be this one. But what ever happened to Billy Byrd? I guess he hadn't joined E.T.'s country band yet. Another thing that I have noticed except for the old timers like E.T. the steel guitar seems to have gone the way of dinosaurs.
aellarex 1 year ago
I really like that television clip.
Aliendear 1 year ago
I have a big floor model console Stromberg Carlson radio from 1936. It still has all the paper stickers inside and that's how I know it's a '36 model. Get this...I found it beside the street with other stuff that somebody had put out for the trash truck. The original finish is still in good shape as is the fabric behind the wooden grille at the bottom. I replaced two tubes in it and it still plays great. It has a huge speaker, maybe a 15 incher.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago 3
@SpeedyNeutrino43 post video of it!
DocWyoming 1 year ago
What a beautiful set! Great work!
TheManhattanThrush 2 years ago
This is a clip from the Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry. How great to see Ernest on a TV the way it originally aired!
Johi2410 2 years ago
Seems like I remember this set pictured here.
I done some restoration work to one like it back when I was in the TV shop. IIRC it has a 17 inch CRT and used 5U4G for low voltage rectifiers.
Boy thats been awhile!
kg4muc 3 years ago
Ernest Tubb kicks ass !
CreativeCritisizm 3 years ago 8
Ah,yes. DuMont...a "fourth" TV network...and
those Curtis-Mathes TV sets,too!
The "good old" days...What amazing things
happened back then...
RonaldVaughan 3 years ago
how long ago did the Curtis Mathis sets come into production & were they as good as a Magnavox or Zenith ?
CreativeCritisizm 3 years ago
Curtis Mathis has been around for years. The were not the best aets at all. They were cheap and did not last long. Then other companies such as samsung, zenith and RCA used the name.
chrisstv1979 2 years ago
Does anyone know anything about a console that says dumont revere RA 500/501 A
like how old is it and how much its worth it looks and works great i might post a video
Thanks
tcbkp77 3 years ago
This is really great. It almost seems like watching the TV show on the TV for real. Outstanding demonstration. There are not too many of these sets around so please keep it well preserved and do show more video demos.
musicman0150 4 years ago