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Old 01-25-2017, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Samuel1981 View Post
There is one on eBay right now in sub-par shape. It's tempting. Can anyone speak to the different screen bezel?
Samuel,

At first glance, I thought the current eBay set was a conversion to 10 inch but looking more carefully, and after some perspective measurements, I think that someone just made a double "D" out of a normal 7" KCS 21 set.

That mask looks like it was cut from a single piece of wood, so they probably ruined the original in their first attempt. (If you ever tried to use a router on something like this, you will know why.) You also can see a new joint in the side of the cover. Frankly the conversion would have looked better had they just blackened the mask.

Another thing noticed, is those knobs look like they belong to a "blonde" (RCA called it "Toasted Mahogany") set or they were spray painted.

I've never seen an original RCA knob of that era discolor like that.

James.
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