More often than not, Stereo Consoles can be found:
Even, there is a "Season of Stereo Console". Indeed, at Christmas, it is frequent that well intentioned children give to their parents or grand-parents a modern Hi-Fi set... Often, it appears as the occasion to "do the housework" and to clear of this companions which could have suffered the ravages of the time...
So, the consoles end up in warehouses, waiting for a collector or an amateur. Then comes the time of the restoration.