Antique 1925 Grebe MU-1 Synchrophase Radio Receiver Restored

Description

Grebe Synchrophase Type MU1 Tube Radio Receiver with Chain Drive.  Made by A.H. Grebe Co. Inc. in Richmond Hill, New York patented in 1925.  This radio receiver will require a power source and a speaker to broadcast radio signals. When tested and checked out last year this receiver was in working condition.  However, due to it's age of 98 + years it is being sold "as is" no warranty.  Please use the pictures as your guide in determining the physical condition.
Styled like no other radio of its day, the luxurious early battery-operated Grebe Synchrophase Model MU-1 Tube Radio Receiver, 9½" high x 23½" wide x 13½" deep, was built during the 1920s broadcast boom for homes. Grebe mounted its tuning condensers in an unusual face-up position with horizontal “on edge” dials surrounded by 24k gold-covered and lacquered diamond-shaped escutcheons. The striking dials against the faux-grained dark red mahogany Bakelite panel exuded an Oriental effect. Later versions had “chain-coupled” dials that turned as one, but earlier ones like this one, manufactured 1924-25, with individual turning tuning dials, were sometimes referred to as “No Chains.”
On Jan-02-23 at 15:41:04 PST, seller added the following information:
The diamond-shaped escutcheons on this model are NOT 24 Kt Rolled Gold plated.