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Anyone Recognize This Logo?

I recently purchased a large stereo console from an estate sale. It is just over 7 feet long. On the inside of one of the front cabinet doors is a logo of the name "ODABASH". Inside the cabinet are: H.H. Scott 350B tuner, H.H. Scott 222c integrated amp, Garrard A-1 turntable, Sony tube 7 1/4" R to R, 2-Wharfdale 12" Drivers and 2-Lowther 6" drivers. All components are from the late 50's through the early 60's. This request is purely to identify the cabinet manufacturer. At the moment the cabinet is wrapped up and put away. There are no identifying marks other than the logo. The craftsmanship is impeccable. I will be accessing the cabinet within the next week for more photos,but for now, the logo will have to do. Can anyone help identifying it? I would appreciate any help with it.
Thanks

ODABASH Logo
laserman
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dweller
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I don't recognize the logo but I remember a feature article in either Stereophile or TAS about a New York dealer who used to stuff cabinets with goodies for resale
(This may have been the late Mike Kay of Lyric Hi-Fi).

This was in the 50's and 60's when custom installs were fashionable.
jameswei
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The only thing I found was

Odabash Furniture Makers
Designers - Manufacturers of Fine Furniture
Ed Odabashian, Owner
Phone 344-9524
Factory and Showroom at 1366 N Carolan Avenue, Burlingame

This was an ad in the San Mateo Times (California), Monday, February 1, 1965. Here's an image of the page (the ad is near the bottom):

http://newspaperarchive.com/san-mateo-times/1965-02-01/page-23?tag=arthur+odabash&rtserp=people/o/ocuto-odarizi/odabash/arthur-odabash

Don't know if this is the Obadash that made your console.

It seems likely to me that there must be another individual involved. Someone bought the cabinet from Obadash and then bought the components and installed them. Is there any clue on the cabinet who this systems integrator may be?
laserman OP
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The early kit hobbyists finally had fine furniture to put their components in starting in the late 50's. The choices expanded with the 60's boom. This was probably from the west coast though. I will start searching through my old mag archives. Thanks Dweller.
laserman OP
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I think you're on the right track with the furniture manufacturer in the Bay area. It has been my experience that the consoles with higher end equipment are almost always sold without components in them. This one is interesting because it has two slide out shelves which were custom made for the Garrard and the Sony. The paint finish inside was applied after the shelves were custom built. So I would say the cabinet was custom made to supplied specs and a professional installer installed everything. This was not an inexpensive project. Thanks Jameswel. I'll keep you posted on any new discoveries.
odabash
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Odabash Furniture Makers
Designers - Manufacturers of Fine Furniture
Ed Odabashian, Owner
Phone 344-9524
Factory and Showroom at 1366 N Carolan Avenue, Burlingame

Ed is my father, passed away at 95 in 2012. He had a shop, Odabashian & Sons, in S.F. in the 50's. Yes, those cabinets were custom made, that pic of his logo was an altered logo he had made in the 50's that read Odabashian & Sons Custom Furniture Mfg.

David Odabashian, Sept 2014, Sacramento, CA
odabash
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A side note on this...My dad built custom furniture for home and office. He did work for the CA Governor's Office when it was Edmond G. Brown, Bing Crosby's widow, even for Hollywood Studios. His Burlingame shop came along was after he closed his S.F. shop. He was a master cabinet maker, learned from his father from Armenia. We grew up in Millbrae on the Pennisula.

This was a great surprise finding your post about the logo. That logo was on decals he had made up back in the 50's for his S.F. shop and were used on each item he made.
macrojack
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What a turn of events. A simple query about an unfamiliar brand brought out a rather touching story from someone who was there and participating.

You have good reason to be proud, David. Seems your Dad was a master craftsman who excelled in a period when America excelled..... the best of the best.

I take it you did not choose to follow the family tradition - probably at your Dad's behest - because he wanted better for you. Is that right?
odabash
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Almost forgot...he did not provide any stereo components in these cabinets nor had any connection to component suppliers.
odabash
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Your response is quite nice, thank you! My brother and I did work with dad for a short time, trying to learn the trade, but it was not in the cards it seems. He kept up with his trade/hobby wherever he and mom moved, always getting to know the locals, doing odd jobs building this or that, always becoming known locally as Ed, the handy guy where it involves anything with wood. During the War, he worked in the ship yards, supervising a crew of men building furnishings for the battle ships and making the wooden casting frames for the huge ship propellers. A legacy no doubt!
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