[PaulR]

There doesn't really seem to be any consistency to the finish. My assumption that the painted speaker cutouts were a cost saving on later models may be wrong if the 137 had veneered cutouts. I was surprised to see the veneer there as I don't know of another radio where that trouble was taken. It must have been quite labour intensive to do. There again the whole process of manufacturing these pre-war radios must have been labour intensive. No wonder they were relatively expensive