The Cossor Melody Makers
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One
of the earliest Cossor Melody Makers
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A TRF table receiver
made between 1928 and 1931, the Cossor "Melody Maker"
name was used well into the post war period. Some sets were home
constructed from kits but most were manufactured. Somehow the
design seemed to progress too slowly compared with other sets
of the period. It was soon after this receiver was made that
dials marked with station names began to appear. Cossor owners'
were expected to keep a list of dial settings and station names
as tuning dials were marked only with 0-180.
An innovation is a metal front
panel instead of ebonite.
Front panel layout is nicely
balanced and is not constrained by circuit layout.
An external speaker is needed
as is an accumulator and an HT battery. The grid bias battery
is mounted inside the case as it didn't need replacing too frequently
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A very early mains powered
Melody Maker, Model 336
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Cossor
"Melody Maker" Model 500AC
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Which
cost £15 2s 9d + p.tax in May 1950
The trade mark
name "Melody Maker" was coined by Cossor and spanned
something like 40 years.
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Cossor
Melody Maker Model 520
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This set
was threatened with the local tip if it didn't sell on ebay.
Now.. the secret of selling stuff on ebay is not to say how bad
it is but to stress the attributes, even though these may be
hard to find... hence frequent use of "deco" or "rare".
To threaten the recycling centre
netted this model a princely £1 but the seller, Jamie Medhurst,
not only kindly delivered it, but waived his pound as well. I
hope I can refurbish this little set to its former glory.
The set was one of a range of
five models, the 500, 501AC, 500U, 502 and 520 using the same
chassis and introduced between 1950 and 1954. This 520 was sold
in 1954 for £15:15:0d plus purchase tax (like VAT but higher).
It has three wavebands and employs octal valves. |
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Here's its label indicating
Serial Number SK96335 and the extraction of Mr Marconi's stealth
tax. |
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