General Information

Serial #

127104 (CHASSIS

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET. METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS. PRESSED PAPER SOUND BAFFLE PANELS. CELLUOID DIAL FACES (2). WOVEN FABRIC SPEAKER CLOTH.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

71.7 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

100.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RADIO USED C.1934-1950

Canada

MANUFACTURED IN CANADA

Function

TO RECEIVE RADIO FREQUENCIES, SELECT A CHANNEL AND CONVERT THESE TO AUDIO FREQUENCIES. THE AUDIO FREQUENCIES ARE AMPLIFIED TO DRIVE THE INTERNAL CABINET MOUNTED SPEAKER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HIGH-QUALITY RADIO RECEIVER CHASSIS. TWO SEPARATE INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCYCHANNELS ARE USED: ONE FOR THE SOUND AND THE OTHER FOR THE AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL SIGNAL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ROUND DIAL FACE ASSEMBLY CALIBRATED IN FIVE BANDS FROM 140 KILCOCYCLES TO 35 MEGACYCLES, PLUS 0 TO 100 LOGGING DIAL/ MFR'S PLATE ON CHASSIS READS 'MODEL 124 VOLTS 110/120 CYCLES 25/60/ SERIAL 127104 WATTS 110/ A.E.L. MADE IN CANADA/ CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO. LIMITED'. SECOND PLATE, BESIDE MFR'S, READS 'CAUTION REMOVE/ POWER SUPPLY/ BEFORE REMOVING/ COVER'. DECAL APPLIED TO LEFT SIDE OF CHASSIS READS 'APPROVED/ HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION/ OF ONTARIO/ 453/ POWER OPERATED RADIO' & EMBLEM/ DECAL ON CABINET BACK INCLUDES NIPPER-WITH-PHONOGRAPH LOGO & TEXT: 'Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada Limited'. '485' STAMPED IN CABINET BACK: LAST DIGIT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD '6' OVERSTRUCK UPON IT.

Missing

UNIT IS 'RETROFIT', COMBINING A RADIO RECEIVER CHASSIS & PHONOGRAPH CABINET. ONE RECTIFIER TUBE MISSING: 83 TUBE INSTALLED WHERE ORIGINAL 523 TUBE SHOULD BE. ONE SIDE OF TURNED POST ON RIGHT FRONT LEG MISSING. From CA of 04/29/1996 by Tony Missio: No - Cabinet & chassis originally from two different radios

Finish

MAHOGANY STAIN & VARNISH ON CABINET

Decoration

FRETWORK SCROLLING OVER SPEAKER OPENING; GOLD & BROWN WOVEN TEXTURED FABRIC COVERS SPEAKER. TOP, FRONT & BOTTOM EDGES HAVE DECORATIVE CARVING. TURNED LEGS (HIGH BOY DESIGN) WITH BRACE RAILS ON LOWER PART OF LEGS.