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Radio Craftsmen is a small name with a big footprint. According to the original site's company page, two of its engineers went on to shape much better-known brands: Sidney Smith joined Marantz, and Ed Miller left to co-found Sherwood in 1953. The company's own best-known product was the C500 amplifier series, which the page describes as a Williamson-type design with two KT66 output tubes in triode.

Radio Craftsmen equipment is not often seen, and documentation is thin; we have not found an independent encyclopaedia entry for the company. Original listings and Radiomuseum entries are the main sources.

The original site's category also caught a Grommes history page by mistake; we have moved that to the Grommes maker page. See also the Radio Craftsmen maker page.

Radio Craftsmen: company page and history

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Gommes Advertisement Grommes-Precision Grommes-Precision Electronics, Chicago Bill Grommes, Al Hart, and the Little Jewel and Little Genie kits. Radio Craftsman C500A Radio Craftsmen Radio Craftsmen, USA The small company whose engineers went on to Marantz and Sherwood.