Vintage Regenerative Detector & 1 Rf / 1 Af 01A Tube Amp Caswell Runyan Co. RARE
Sunday, July 5th, 2026
Beautiful piece of history. Tested by a colleague with the necessary extra components – this beauty has been serviced – a handmade circuit drawn and comes with beautiful 01A tubes. The Caswell-Runyan Company in Huntington was formed 1907 for manufacturing cedar chests as a commercial article. The one story building from 1907 measured 150 x 200 with thermally insulated chambers (dry kilns) of 36 x 75. There were between 30 and 40 employees. In 1918 this was transformed into a three story building of the same size. At last, the Caswell-Runyan Company had 275,000 feet of floor space and was said to be the second largest wood working plant in Indiana. From huntingtoncounty: Caswell-Runyan Company, Inc. Is located at 1025 E. On the site of the original Caswell-Runyun Co. Which was established in Huntington in 1907 by J. Caswell and Winifred Runyan. Cedar chests were the principal product manufactured until the advent of radio cabinets and later television cabinets were added to the product line along with cedar chests. In 1929 Caswell-Runyan merged with Utah Radio Products Co. At the close of World War II a further merger was accomplished in 1946 when Utah Radio Products together with wholly owned Caswell Runyan Division merged with International Detrola Corp. (later name changed to Newport Steel) of which Utah and Caswell-Runyan was a part, was acquired by Merritt, Chapman and Scott Corp. This company liquidated the machinery and inventory of Caswell-Runyan in April, 1956 at which time Adolph H. Schenkel acquired the Articles of Incorporation of Caswell-Runyan Co. From Merritt, Chapman and Scott Corp. And reactivated Caswell-Runyan as a manufacturing operation. The company manufactures wood cabinets for Hi-Fi and Stereo music systems and employs 50 to 60 people.
