zenith: (6-B-129 Ch=5635); 6B129

 According to my zenith catalouge this radio the 6-B-129 is a 1937 model year  and not a 1936 as selected.

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Dear John
You are right, many companies foredated their models and later people believe that such a radio was sold in 1937 - or aimed for 1937. The truth is that more than half of those radios were sold in the first year, in this case in 1936. The truth is sometimes a very preciuos thing ... Many don't know it ...

Radios are made for a season - except in the very first years of bradcasting. Unlike cars (which are used as a not so true comparison) which are sold mainly in Spring, the radios have been sold manly in Autumn and Christmas. You can roughly say that a radio is on the market from July to June next year. Often it is a few months later but normally before or early October.

At Radiomuseum.org you have a "from date" which reflects the market introduction of a model and a "to date" which reflects the last year of sales. Radios normally have one season, record players, tape recorders and repair or test equipment is normally sold for several seasons. Seldom and in the early days radios werde sold during a year only.

In this case here I invite you to enter 1937 into the "to date". Just put the mouse over "Uploads and questions" again and use *Data change etc.". Please change then also the now
6B129 (6-B-129 Ch=5635)
into
6-B-129 and in the second field Ch= 5635

For quite some years, searching engines could only find more or less exact hits but now regard the hyphen as a "binder" or "absent". Example: If we show 6-B-129 and a user types 6B129 or 6 B 129 or 6-B-129 - it all hits. This makes things easier and nicer ;-)

By the way: What a pity your picture of it is so small - otherwise I would have loved to put it to number 1 (could be 933 pixels high and fill out the whole picture space (except a small rim). I like your frontal scale picture and have moved it more to the "front".

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