Zenith Model 5-R-317 "Glass Rod"

Zenith 5-R-317 "Glass Rod"

This 1938 Zenith model 5-R-317 has to be one of the most unusual designs for a radio.  The entire left side and half of the front is dominated by an array of alternating glass and gold-painted wooden rods, with gold threaded grill cloth behind that, concealing the speaker.  The chassis is a high quality, but conventional, 5-tube design.  This radio has the dubious distinction of being one of the most difficult radios to dust that I have ever encountered.

Zenith 5-R-317 "Glass Rod"

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