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This
Skylark is special in that it has four audio output jacks instead of
the usual single audio output. This is because this particular
set was designed as a demonstration set. This set would be set up
at various stores and gatherings and up to four potential customers
could listen to the set at the same time. A few unique features
of this radio is the three large brass dials, the two lever style
filament controls and the knob on the side of the cabinet. This
knob is connected to a long shaft that connects to all three tuning
condensers. Each stage of tuning can be adjusted separately and
when the knob on the side is turned, all three tuning condensers and
dials will turn in unison. The serial number of this set is
AR3-109. It was manufactured by the Skylark Radio Corporation
which was a division of the J. W. Whitlock Corporation, manufacturers
of fine furniture, coin operated mechanical harps, arcade horse race
games, Melody Phone victrolas, and various other products. Rising
Sun is a small Ohio river town that has maintained much of it's
original mid 19th century buildings. I purchased this set in July
of 1997 from Ralph Muchow who lived in Elgin, Illinois. For years
it sat up on a top shelf, in a back room that housed his extensive
vacuum tube collection, at his downtown museum.
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