General Information

Serial #

2018

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET; FABRIC SPEAKER COVER; SYNTHETIC TUNING DIALS, BUTTONS, TUNINGINDICATOR PANEL & MOUNTING. GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS; SHEET STEEL CHASSIS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

64.0 cm

Width

31.5 cm

Height

99.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORTHERN ELECTRIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RADIO RECEIVER USED BETWEEN C.1939-1950

Canada

EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN MADE RADIO RECEIVER

Function

TO RECEIVE & SELECT RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, CONVERT A SELECTED FREQUENCY TO AUDIO FREQUENCIES TO DRIVE THE CABINET MOUNTED LOUDSPEAKER WITH THE AMPLIFIED AUDIO FREQUENCIES.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'Northern Electric' & 'MIRROPHONIC' STENCILLED ON TUNING GUIDE ON CABINET FRONT. BROADCAST BAND SCALES & MAJOR CITY STATIONS ALSO APPEAR ON PANEL. MOST TUNING BUTTONS LABELLED./ PLATE SCREWED TO UPPER BACK EDGE OF CABINET READS: 'Northern Electric/ Fine Radio Furniture'/ MFR'S PLATE ON CHASSIS READS: 'MODEL 743A VOLTS 105/125/ WATTS 58 CYCLES 25/60/ SERIAL NO. 2018/ MADE IN CANADA/ Northern Electric/ COMPANY, LIMITED/ MONTREAL, CANADA'. PLATE ALSO INCLUDES "TRIMMER RANGES IN KILOCYCLES 530- 550- 650- 650- 800- 1050 750 850 1050 050 1375 1600 K 5027-2 155.1"; "TUBE/ LOCATIONS/ [from L to R] 6JS 6SA7 6SK7 6H6 6SQ7 6F6G 5Y4G/BACK OF SET"; & PANEL BEARS NUMEROUS PATENT DATES, ETC.- SEE PATENT REFERENCE FIELD FOR COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF MARKINGS./ DECAL ON CHASSIS READS: 'C.E.S.A. STANDARD/ POWER-OPERATED RADIO APPROVED BY/ HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION/ [LOGO]/ 1183'/ PAPER LABEL WITH DIAGRAM IN LOWER RIGHT OF CHASSIS READS: "WHEN IN USE AS AN ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPH/ REMOVE BAR SHOWN SOLID & MAKE/ CONNECTIONS SHOWN DOTTED "./ PAPER LABEL ON BACKING PANEL INSIDE CASING READS: "IMPORTANT NOTICE/ WHEN USING THE BUILT-IN ANTENNA/ THE ANT. SWITCH AT THE REAR OF CHAS-/ SIS ON MODELS 742, 743 & 745 AND/ SIDE OF CHASSIS ON MODEL 841/ SHOULD BE PUSHED UP. WHEN USING/ AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA THE SWITCH/ SHOULD BE PUSHED DOWN."/ RED LABEL APPLIED TO INSIDE LEFT SIDE OF CABINET READS: "WARNING- Any persons installing or operating/ this radio receiving set without having first ob-/ tained a licence from the Minister of Transport of/ Canada is liable to be prosecuted and sentenced to/ a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and costs or/ three months imprisonment./ (c) No person shall sell any radio receiving set to/ any person for installation or operation until the/ purchaser has produced for inspection by the vend-/ or his licence to operate such set./ (d) No person shall service a radio receiving set/ until the owner therof produces to such person/ his licence to operate such set./ (Extract from Radio Telegraph Act, Part 11, Regulation 31, effective April 1st, 1938.) RMA".

Missing

PLYWOOD BACK FROM SPEAKER ENCLOSURE

Finish

CABINET FINISHED WITH MAHOGANY STAIN & VARNISHED/ LIGHT, MEDIUM & DARK BROWN SYNTHETIC FITTINGS ON CABINET FRONT/ COPPER & BROWN COLOUR WOVEN FABRIC SPEAKER COVER

Decoration

LIGHT, MEDIUM & DARK BROWN WOOD PANELS COMPRISE SPEAKER CABINET