• 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
• 55811

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• UX232 UX232 UX232 UX230 UX231 UX231

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

• Tuned circuits
• 3 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage and/or dry batteries / 22.5 volt "C" battery & storage battery 6.3 volt & "B" 3 x 45 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) generic. / Ø 20 cm = 7.9 inch

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone "A" Battery Order= 57FM 1290C or 1291C - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.75 x 17 x 7.625 inch / 375 x 432 x 194 mm

• Notes
• The Sears Silvertone 1290 / 1291 offer new battery tubes for an "A" battery which lasts one year by using it 3 hours a day. Size is 13.25 x 6.75 x 9.5 inch. Bush-pull output and tone control. Walnut veneer with Tarso process front in natural colors of rich inlaid marquestry. It is the same cabinet as model 1300C and the same chassis, but with "New 1932 Model (Magnetic) Speaker".
  Order number 57FM 1290C 1/4 without tubes or accessories for $ 34 (57FM 1290T 1/4 for easy payment) or 57FM 1291C 1/4 with all tubes, batteries (57FM703 1/4 storage battery, 57F5119 "C" battery, three 57F5117 "B" batteries) and aerial kit 57FM5517 for $ 55 or as 57FM 1291T for easy payment: $ 5 "down" cash and $ 5 per month until paid $ 60.50. In catalog #164 Spring & Summer 1932 it is offered as 57HM1291 1/4 for $ 49.95 complete only (or easy payment). See details and summaries about Sears catalogs etc. The Rider's page Sears 2-7 and 2-8 show the same schematic for models 1290, 1300, 1292 and 1302 - two variants for the loudspeaker: dynamic or magnetic. Page 2.7 shows that the wiring for 1290 (Midget) and 1300 differs a bit from 1392 (Low-Boy) and 1302.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 9 kg / 19 lb 13.2 oz (19.824 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 34.00 $ +

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Mentioned in
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965 (The complete Price Guide.TTR4, Stein 03)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 44 and 50)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#163, Fall & Winter 1931/32, page 220. #164, Spring & Summer 1932 page 465.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (page 255.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 235.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5471 models, 3201 with images and 4174 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)