About Windsor

The Windsor brand was used more than once. The most commonly seen Windsor radios are the late 50's-60's plastic table models imported from Japan. They are of typical import quality for those years, nothing special about them. However, back in the late 1940's someone was using the Windsor brand name as a private store label. I have no idea which store, nor where in the country they were sold. I do know that Detrola was one of the manufacturers of those Windsor radios, but there could have been other independents also supplying sets to the same retailer. There is a photo of one Windsor radio which Detrola made, a model 571 with bakelite cabinet from 1946-47, on page two of my website. They wouldn't have used that chassis for a console, but did make several transformer powered models which could have been. But take a look at the logo on it, and see if that resembles the one on the console you saw at the thrift store. We could possibly determine from photos who actually made the radio in question. There's a chance it's one of the Detrola-built Windsors, although thus far I have only seen table models with wood and bakelite cabinets. It could be a decent performer, if it is really unique then may be worth considering. If it were a plain cabinet from the late 40's, probably not worth adding to the collection.