{"id":6079,"date":"2019-09-28T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2019\/09\/28\/radio-art-zenith-tube-ad\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:18:56","slug":"radio-art-zenith-tube-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2019\/09\/28\/radio-art-zenith-tube-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Art — Zenith Tube Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This ad was recently shown on the K9YA Telegraph<\/a>. I was wondering about its origins. I asked noted thermatron guru Grayson Evans — he referred the question to fellow tube guru and author Ludwell Sibley. OM Ludwell gives us the origins: <\/b>
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<\/a>She\u2019s in a promo for Zenith, an Italian prewar brand that sold European triodes of types originated by Philips, and a few equivalents of American types. She\u2019s based on classical Italian art. Doing a high-wire act while holding a small early-\u201820s European radio! <\/b><\/span><\/span>I have an 11 x 17 glossy color print framed on the wail in the display room. I ran her as the cover art in a long-ago issue of \u201cTube Collector.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cThree cheers for the red, white, and green!”<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ludwell Sibley is the editor of “The Tube Collector.” Great stuff. Their web site is here: <\/b> <\/p>\n

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Sibley’s book “Tube Lore” can be purchased here: <\/b>
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https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tube-lore-reference-users-collectors\/dp\/0965468305\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tube+Lore&qid=1569660647&sr=8-1<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks Grayson, Ludwell, and to the K9YA Telegraph. <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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