- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Grigsby-Grunow (-Hinds) Co. (Majestic pre 1933); Chicago (IL)
- Year
- 1933 ?
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 234845
Timer on the side.
Original grill cloth pattern (from the back)
Courtesy of Ted Hayes
- Number of Tubes
- 7
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- 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: Majestic 174 - Grigsby-Grunow -Hinds Co.
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Notes
-
The Grigsby-Grunow 174 is an AC operated 7 tube BC band receiver. Has interval & station timer with motor tuning feature.
NOTE: Riders Vol. 5, pg. Grigsby-Grunow 5-3 calls out model 570. However the Riders service documentation is also applicable for this model.
- Mentioned in
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 111.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 39.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 170.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Rider's Perpetual, Volume 5 = ca. 1934 and before (Riders Vol. 5, pg. Grigsby-Grunow 5-3)
- Author
- Model page created by Noemi Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- 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)
Collections
The model Majestic 174 is part of the collections of the following members.