CURTIS-MATHES STEREOPHONIC ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
My wife's mother found this furniture gem recently in Mentor, at a house sale on Route 20.
It is a Curtis-Mathes Stereophonic Entertainment Center, dating to about 1960. It is rendered in the 'ash' hue, with black and white TV, turntable, and AM-FM stereo receiver.
The cabinet holds six speakers, in a tall and wide creation that is about nine feet long. Moving it required four people.
When considering this gigantic living room artifact, I was moved to buy a smoking jacket, hoist a martini glass, and place a vinyl jazz LP on the record player...
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The Curtis-Mathes behemoth pictured here was sold through a B & B Appliance location in the Cleveland area. It is a relic of joyful, bygone days. And evidence of the colorful past that predated our modern times.
It is a Curtis-Mathes Stereophonic Entertainment Center, dating to about 1960. It is rendered in the 'ash' hue, with black and white TV, turntable, and AM-FM stereo receiver.
The cabinet holds six speakers, in a tall and wide creation that is about nine feet long. Moving it required four people.
When considering this gigantic living room artifact, I was moved to buy a smoking jacket, hoist a martini glass, and place a vinyl jazz LP on the record player...
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x2nEEyssXgk/SNSS7sJnJiI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/9CPTUHzJ0lg/s320/Curtis-Mathes+Entertainment+Center+9-19-08+003.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x2nEEyssXgk/SNSSnYac3tI/AAAAAAAAA9I/K2zK5tAI780/s320/Curtis-Mathes+Entertainment+Center+9-19-08+001.jpg)
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![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_x2nEEyssXgk/SNSRCrEl3AI/AAAAAAAAA8w/7jDlorEDG2k/s320/Curtis-Mathes+Entertainment+Center+9-19-08+011.jpg)
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The Curtis-Mathes behemoth pictured here was sold through a B & B Appliance location in the Cleveland area. It is a relic of joyful, bygone days. And evidence of the colorful past that predated our modern times.
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