Nice radio but a very sorry description:
'This model is the first radio, which has a cabinet made in bakelite'.
- Not true. It wasn't even the first B&O radio with a bakelite cabinet. The Beolit 39 holds that title though the
cabinets were identical.
'The form got lost under a bombing af the fabric during the war'.
- That is not confirmed. The mold was most likely worn out and discarded at the end of production.
However, it is of little importance since production already stopped in 1940 and the factory
bombing wasn't until january 1945.
'The production was first resumed in the 50' again'.
- Not true. The Beolit 40 production was never resumed. A somewhat Beolit 39-inspired model was
produced from late 1949, namely the JET 505, but it was mirrored, it had a considerably different
looking cabinet and was made from plywood rather than bakelite.
Of course, none of this makes it a bad set and the opening bid is nice too.
Martin