Receiver, radio & player, disk

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OBJECT TYPE: AM-FM-SW/SUPERHET/TUBE/FLOOR
DATE: 1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0633.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: C417A
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CABINET WITH METAL HARDWARE/ METAL, GLASS & SYTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BACK/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS ON BOTH RADIO & PLAYER/ FABRIC COVERED SPEAKER

Dimensions

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

Length: 89.0 cm
Width: 46.5 cm
Height: 89.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1940'S TO 1980'S
Canada: MADE IN CANADA FOR USE IN AREA WITH 25 HERTZ SERVICE/ ORIGINALLY OWNED BY ERNEST L. BUSHNELL, EX VP OF CBC & FORMER CHAIRMAN OF BUSHNELL COMMUNICATIONS
Function: TO PLAY AM, FM OR SW RADIO BROADCASTS AND TO PLAY 78 RPM RECORD DISKS.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF UPPER RANGE RADIO-RECORD PLAYER OF THE PERIOD/ THIS SEAT AS BOTH THE PRE-WW II FM BAND (42-50 MHZ) SET USES VARIABLE INDUCTANCE TUNING
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE: 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ RADIO PHONOGRAPH/ VOLTS-115 WATTS-105/ MODEL-C417 CYCLES-25/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA'/ STAMPED ON BACK: '6AL/GT/ MODEL C-417-A'/ LABELS ON BACK: 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ LOCATION OF TUBES/ [TUBE DIAGRAM]'/ 'G-E RADIO PHONOGRAPH C417A/ SUPERHETERODYNE 460 KC-AM-1F 10.7 Mc-FM-IF/ RANGE/ 540-1650KC/ 11.6-12.1Mc 42-50 Mc-EM/ 9.4-9.9 Mc 87.5-108.5 Mc-FM/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA'/ BELOW IS WARRANTY LABEL/ STAMPED ON BACK: 'Ra 167 R175852'/ BUTTONS HAVE RADIO STATION CALL NUMBERS: 'CFRB/ WBEN/ CJBC/ CBL'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CABINET STAINED & VARNISHED/ GOLD PAINTED HARDWARE & DECORATIVE PIECES OVER SPEAKER COVER/ BROWN & GOLD WOVEN FABRIC SPEAKER COVER
Decoration: SCALLOED SKIRT BOTTOM FRONT CABINET/ RAISED STRIPS TO MAKE RECTANGULAR DESIGN ON CABINET/ LINKED METAL TRIANGLES OVER SPEAKER COVER/ DECORATIVE DRAWER PULLS

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Receiver, radio & player, disk, circa 1947, Artifact no. 1988.0633, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0633.001/

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