JUST DISCOVERED THIS RARE 1937 ZENITH TOMBSTONE RADIO. IT WAS BURIED IN A CLOSET AND HAS BEEN SITTING OVER 50 YEARS. I PLUGGED IT IN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LET IT RUN FOR 4 MINUTES TO LET THE TUBES GET HOT. IT FIRED UP FINE AND LIT UP AS WELL BUT I COULDNT GET ANY SOUND, JUST VERY SLIGHT STATIC, AND I COULDNT GET THE TUNER TO TURN STATIONS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ITS BEEN OPERATED IN 50 YEARS I WAS TOLD AS IT CAME FRESH OUT OF A ESTATE. IT IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL WITH NO RESTORATION BUT WILL PROBABLY NEED SOME TINKERING TO GET IT TO PLAY UNLESS ITS SOMETHING WITH THE TUBES AS ONE TUBE SEEMED TO GET HOTTER THEN OTHERS BUT I ONLY TRIED IT FOR 4 MINUTES. THE POWER CHORD IS FINE AND NOT DRY ROTTED LIKE HOW THERE USUALLY FOUND. THE CABINET HAS SOME AVERAGE USE WEAR FROM BEING IN STORAGE FOR YEARS WITH SOME SCRATCHES BUT OVERALL STILL LOOKS GOOD BUT PLEASE SEE PICTURES FOR CONDITION. OVERALL A NICE RADIO AND THE CABINET HAS NO CRACKS. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY RADIO.. The item “ZENITH 5-S-127 TOMBSTONE TUBE RADIO VINTAGE 1937 ALL ORIGINAL” is in sale since Saturday, May 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “toyboom25hcf” and is located in Somerset, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, Bahamas, Uruguay.
