• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Grigsby-Grunow (-Hinds) Co. (Majestic pre 1933); Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1933/1934

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 43672

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7S 6F7S 6B7S 42 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 5 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

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

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Majestic 59 Studio Ch= 500 - Grigsby-Grunow -Hinds Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 9.5 x 13.75 x 7.5 inch / 241 x 349 x 191 mm

• Notes

• Introduced Sept. 1933.

  Stein "Cathedral & Tombstone Radios" lists only one band for this model.

• Price in first year of sale
• 37.50 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 4 = ca. 1934 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 39.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 169.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• The Majestic Folder "Smart Set".

• Other Models

• Here you find 201 models, 122 with images and 157 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Grigsby-Grunow (-Hinds) Co. (Majestic pre 1933); Chicago (IL)