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| In 1935,
Emerson introduced a line of stunning, Art-Deco plastic-cased tombstone
radios officially known as the model 108. They were available in
brown or black Bakelite, or white Plaskon, and were sold with two
different chassis. The earlier examples used the U5A chassis, and
later units used the AD chassis. They can be recognized externally
by differences in the dials. The U5A (the brown one) had a painted
metal dial, while the AD (the white one) had a celluloid dial (called
"Gemloid" by Emerson). They also appeared to have used
different grill cloth.
As these radios are never seen bearing the actual model number, they have come to be called by collectors according to the most common chassis type, the U5A. There was also a wood version, the model 110. While the U5A's are highly collectible in their own right, they also notable as the predecessors of the awesome AU-190 Catalin tombstones. They are conventional 5-tube two-band superhets, and used dreaded "curtain burner" resistance line cords. They are among the most difficult radios to work on, as well, as the cabinet design required a narrow, deep chassis which made some parts inaccessible unless other parts were removed first. Radio repairmen must have hated them! |
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