Music Box Clarion

Zaney-Gill Corp., S.P. Zaney Inc.; Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL

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  • Year
  • 1930
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 67062

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 6
  • Main principle
  • TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Screengrid 1926-1935
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-130 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 9 inch = 22.9 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Music Box Clarion - Zaney-Gill Corp., S.P. Zaney
  • Shape
  • Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 12 x 18 x 7 inch / 305 x 457 x 178 mm
  • Notes

  • One dial (primary tuning control knob). Equipped with Magnavox Speaker. Mahogany cabinet with organ pipes in front of the speaker.

    The advertisement in Radio, April 1930, mentions only 5 tubes and gives no information about the total count.

    In the Midget Specifications of Radio Retailing, Sept. 1930, this model is called "Clarion" only. It is said to be a Gothic style midget in a Walnut cabinet with 8" depth (other values identical)

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 22 lb (22 lb 0 oz) / 9.988 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 49.50 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Radio Doings, June 21, 1930)
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Radio Call Book Magazine, Service Schematics

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