If you can get your hands on one, go for it. These are rare. Also huge. Post us a pict when you can. Price???? I dunno. I've never seen a price on one.<P>------------------<BR>

I'll echo that last comment. For Pete's sake, try to get it. There were, I believe, 5 models in the Berkshire series, and they were the ultimate masterpiece of RCA. They were all made in 1948. I have the sales brochure that came with the Berkshire Modern that I have. Without digging it out, I seem to remember that two of the Berkshire models had the projection TV chassis, and the rest were Radio-Phono combos only. A dealer, I believe, installed an RCA 10" chassis in my cabinet, and did a good job of it. <BR>There were 23 tubes in the receiver chassis, and about 9 in the amplifier chassis. Power output was 40 watts (P-P Parallel 6L6) through an attenuating network into a LS-1 speaker. Tuning bandswitching was done with a Collins Autotune system. DC filaments on all receiver chassis tubes. The changer was normally a Thorens, but on some sets (as mine is), there is a Garrard changer. This is possibly because Thorens couldn't get out enough changers as RCA needed them. <P>The Regency was available in mahogany or blonde finish. I've seen both. As far as value goes, the price is never discussed, so you're stabbing in the dark. Start at $400, and play crack the whip from there. Good luck; you'll have a real prize if you get it! I kid you, not. <P>------------------<BR>

Hi,<BR> If it's buried and the guy is radio/tv ignorant offer him a $100.00 and work up. Maybe he will let you throw it on the truck for that price. You could probably sell it off to someone local and make a few bucks.<BR> Ken<P>------------------<BR>

I don't suppose that this is surprising. Berkshires aren't found very often, nor sold very often, either. So, virtually no price should be surprising. <P>I bought mine for lots less than that, but......<P>------------------<BR>

Doug,<P>A friend has a 1948 sales ad for your Berkshire Modern and it shows a 10" TV chassis was installed at that time from the factory. If your interested I'll try to get a copy of it.<P>Chuck<P> <P><P>------------------<BR>

Thanks, Chuck, I'll take you up on that. The receiver chassis has a drum-style dial, where different scales rol over to display the selected band, or whatever. One of the dial displays reads: VICTROLA, for the phono mode, and there is another that reads: TELEVISION. All of the chassis had the TV input on them. <BR>It'll be interesting to see how the factory installation came out. The sales catalogue, and it's a big book, shows the "Modern" with a blank panel in the center. The TV chassis in mine is the KCS 28. <BR>There is a promo film, now on VHS tape for the 45 RPM record system. One scene is in a record store, and if one looks quickly, there are three Berkshire sets in the background. One of them is a "Modern". I understand that there were 75 of the Modern model built. <P>------------------<BR>