• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1931/1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56183

• • Brand: Silvertone

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• UY235 UY235 UY224 UX245 UX245 UX280

• Main principle
• TRF without regeneration; Screengrid 1926-1935

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 1154 Alden Order= 57FM 1154 or 1155 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Grandfather Clock with Radio.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16 x 63 x 10.125 inch / 406 x 1600 x 257 mm

• Notes

• The Sears Silvertone Grandfather Clock Masterpiece with "Hammond Electric Movement" clock has tone control and a Push-pull output. "The cabinet is a piano finished in handsome walnut veneer, and its design is authentic in every respect." The model could be ordered for 25 cycle mains for the same price (with a bigger transformer and some changes in the power unit). It was also available as 57FM1391 with a super-heterodyne chassis.
  Order number 57FM1154 1/4 without tubes for $ 62.50 or 57FM1155 1/4 with all tubes and including 57FM5516 De Luxe antenna for $ 69.95 or for easy payment: $ 8 "down" cash and $ 7 per month until paid $ 76.95.
  See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc.

  According to an ad for the Silvertone models 1404 Wilmington, 1402 Musette, 1430 Wynecliffe and 1154 Alden (a grandfather clock radio), those models were marketed in 1931 for season 1931/32. Sometimes we find only the number without name, but most probably it is the same model. We keep one only until we have the proof that there are different models for the same number and time.6

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 62.50 $ +

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 42)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#163, Fall & Winter 1931/32, page 218)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5464 models, 3199 with images and 4169 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)