• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

• Year
• 1932/1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 46002

• • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 57 58 57 47 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105 - 120 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: M-31 New Minstrel - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 14.75 x 9.5 inch / 305 x 375 x 241 mm

• Notes
• Rider's 8-6 shows the model as M-31 (1935) on a schematic which was drawn Sept. 18, 1935. In the Lafayette Catalog no. 53 for 1933 (season 1932/33 with copyright 1932) the model is named M-31 (New) Minstrel for 105 - 120 volts and M-32 (New) Minstrel for 220 - 240 volts 25 - 40 cycles. Range is 200 - 550 m. Built-in antenna and 3-gang tuning condenser including antenna tuning (pre selector). Tone control knob. "Full vision dial". American walnut.
  
  List price $ 45.00, Lafayette sells the new M-31 for $ 19.95 and the new M-32 for 21.95 (list price $ 48.00). See details and summaries for the models of this catalog no. 53 for 1933 (Season 1932/33).
  
  Careful: There is a model M-31 (and perhaps M-32) Minstrel before this one and there is an other model M-31 (and perhaps M-32) after this one.

• Price in first year of sale
• 20.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Rider's Perpetual, Changes 9-3

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (Lafayette Catalog Nº 53 for 1933, page 4.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 162.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 1369 models, 1187 with images and 421 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)