• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)

• Year
• 1931/1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 18517

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 35 27 24A 35 27 47 47 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Playboy 124 [cathedral var 1] - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 17 x 17 x 10.5 inch / 432 x 432 x 267 mm

• Notes

• Machine age calls it "Playtime", but that is in error, since there are also #124 Grandfather Clock Radio models besides the picture, called "Playtime". In an ad in Radio Craft it is correctly called "Playboy".

• Price in first year of sale
• 49.75 $ !

• External source of data
• E. Erb 3-907007-36-0

• Source of data
• Machine Age to Jet Age II

• Circuit diagram reference
• Die «Thali Schemasammlung» führt das Modell.

• Mentioned in
• Radio Collector's Directory, Grinder

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 and before (Radio Craft, Oct.1931, p.235)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (December 1931, inside back cover.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 82.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1791 models, 1048 with images and 1282 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)