A pleasant enough looking
radio from 1938. Not an exciting style but a nice clear dial
and a relatively expensive case with its bevelling and inlays.
I was presented with this set free of charge when I visited Bath
to collect a very large and heavy Murphy
A24. |
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Here's a view of the chassis
showing a standard selection of valves. Of course being from
1938 it's a superhet. |
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Pilot made their own loudspeakers.
This is a mains energised type. Thoughtfully the designers used
a plug on the speaker wiring mating with a chassis-mounted socket
behind the rectifier valve so the chassis can be removed easily
for servicing.
I wonder why the term "Electro
Dynamic Reproducer" is used rather than "Loudspeaker"
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A nce clear dial although
the keen-eyed observer may notice that it's missing its pointer. |
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At the rear of the chassis you'll
notice a couple of switches integrated into the gram and external
speaker sockets.
Quite a clever design feature. |
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The 1938 advertisement
shows the reasonable price of the set, although relying on the
1930s stealth tax of pricing in guineas to catch the unobservant
buyer as the true price is £11:0:6d. The old factory is
long gone and a huge boring modern building stands in its place. |
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