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PHILCO PHORUM
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Philco
for 1932 (introduced June 1932)
MODEL 4 SHORTWAVE
CONVERTER REMAINED IN THE PHILCO LINEUP. ALL OTHER JUNE 1931/FALL
1931/JANUARY 1932 PHILCO MODELS WERE DISCONTINUED AT THIS TIME.
Most of the new Philco
line used 6.3 volt filament tubes, the same tubes that had been
developed for auto radios. The rest of the radio industry would
eventually adopt the 6.3 volt standard.
| MODEL 15X
Philco's flagship 1932 model used 11
tubes and featured a lighted grille area when the set was on.
This was the last set to use the large, heavy chassis pan that
had been developed in 1928 for the 511 Series line. It uses twin
speakers and covers the AM band only.
Original selling price: $150
Number made: 13,400 |
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MODEL 15DX
This '15' featured two tambour doors
at top, which could be pulled shut to conceal the dial and
controls. It also uses twin speakers.
Original selling price: $250
Number made: 1,500
Photo credit: Spencer Doggett
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MODEL 22L
Philco tried to expand its
radio-phonograph line for 1932. However, the time was wrong for
this, as this was the worst year of the Depression, and all of
Philco's radio-phonograph models sold poorly. This particular
model used a Model 71 chassis.
Original selling price: $129.50
Number made: 3,100 |
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MODEL 23X
Philco's top of the line
radio-phonograph for 1932 used a Model 91 chassis. One may be
seen in the 1932 movie The Big Broadcast.
Original selling price: $195
Number made: 1,461 Photo
Furnished |
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MODEL 24L
This radio-phonograph console used a
Model 52 chassis. It is believed to be similar in appearance to
Model 25L, shown below.
Original selling price & number made
not available |
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MODEL 25L
And this radio-phonograph console
used the Model 43 chassis.
Original selling price & number
made not available |
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MODEL 36B
The 1932 version of the Baby Grand
cabinet was designed by Clyde Shuler, and this basic style was
used for several different Philco models over the next year and
a half. This particular model is the successor to the Model 35
farm set, and in fact the two chassis are identical - there was
no change, electrically, from Model 35 to Model 36.
Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
47B & 71B) |
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MODEL 36L
The battery-operated Philco Lowboy
for 1932. It sold very poorly.
Original selling price: $69.95
Number made: 200 |
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MODEL 36D
An attractive highboy with double
doors.
Original selling price: $85
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model
47D, 71D & 91D models) |
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MODEL 43B
Philco's first all-in-one "all-wave"
receiver, which uses 8 tubes and covers frequencies from the AM
band to 20 mc in four bands.
Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: Not available
Photo credit: Ed Locker |
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MODEL 43H
The highboy version of Model 43.
Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 2,500 |
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MODEL 43X
A very large console with twin
speakers and "All-Wave" coverage.
Original selling price: $100
Number made: 950 |
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MODEL 47B
This is the Baby Grand version of
Philco's 1932 DC-only receiver.
Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
36B & 71B)
Photo credit: George Guma |
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MODEL 47H
The DC-operated Highboy for 1932.
Original selling price: $79.50
Number made: 23,100 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model
71H) |
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MODEL 47D
The 110 volt DC version of the 1932
Philco highboy with double doors.
Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
36D, 71D & 91D) |
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MODEL 47X
An Inclined Sounding Board Philco
made to operate on direct current only.
Original selling price: $100
Number made: 225 |
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MODEL 52B
The successor to Philco's Model 51,
the 52 uses the same chassis as Model 51. Five tubes,
superheterodyne, AM only.
Original selling price: $36.50
Number made: 28,420 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1932 Model 48B) |
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MODEL 52C
This model featured the 52 chassis
in a compact table model cabinet, a harbinger of things to come.
For the time being, however, Baby Grand models were still more
popular than compact table models.
Original selling price: $39.50
Number made: 6,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1932 Model 48C)
Photo credit: Greg Armstrong |
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MODEL 52L
A modified Model 4 shortwave
converter coupled with a Model 90 chassis; this is otherwise
identical with Model 470 above.
Original selling price: $89.17
Number made: 13,196 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1932 Models 37L & 48L) |
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MODEL 52 COLONIAL CLOCK
A table or mantle clock with a Model
52 chassis. A compact, yet very attractive set.
Original selling price: $60
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1931 Model 551 Colonial Clock as well as Fall 1932 Model 80
Colonial Clock) |
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MODEL 52 GRANDFATHER CLOCK
Philco apparently used up Model 570
grandfather clock cabinets by installing some Model 52 chassis
in these, adding a new front panel drilled to accept the 52
control shafts, and selling them.
Original selling price: Not
available
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1931 Model 570 Grandfather Clock as well as June 1932 Model 71
Grandfather Clock) |
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MODEL 71B
An update to Philco's popular Model
70, the 71 used Philco's new 6.3-volt High Efficiency tubes in
essentially the same circuitry as the late version of Model 70,
and housed in a brand-new cathedral cabinet designed by Clyde
Shuler.
Later versions of the 71 used a
shadowmeter and a different escutcheon.
Original selling price: $46.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
36B & 47B)
Photo credit: Ed Locker |
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MODEL 71L
This is a Model 71 lowboy, which is
identical to the previous season's Model 70 lowboy except for
the escutcheon.
Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 5,200 |
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MODEL 71H
This Philco Highboy features six
legs and a stretcher base, and a seven-tube chassis that
receives the AM band.
Original selling price: $69.50
Number made: 23,100 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model
47H)
Photo credit: Keith Park |
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MODEL 71D (doors closed)
The seven-tube version of Philco's
1932 highboy with doors. It uses twin speakers; one faces down
toward the floor while the other faces forward.
Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
36D, 47D & 91D) |
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MODEL 71D (doors open)
This picture shows how the Philco
highboy with doors looks with the doors open. |
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MODEL 71LZ
The 1932 version of the 370 Lazyboy,
using a Model 71 chassis in place of the previous year's Model
70 chassis.
Original selling price: $69.50
Number made: 16,285 (NOTE: Figure includes production of June
1931 Model 370 Lazyboy) |
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MODEL 71 GRANDFATHER CLOCK
The 1932 Grandfather Clock used a
Model 71 chassis in place of the previous year's Model 70
chassis, but was identical in appearance.
Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall
1931 Model 570 Grandfather Clock as well as June 1932 Model 52
Grandfather Clock) |
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MODEL 91B
Philco's largest Baby Grand for 1932
used 9 tubes and received the AM band. Like most of Philco's
better receivers for this season, the 91 features a shadowmeter
as a tuning aid.
Original selling price: $68.50
Number made: 23,450 |
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MODEL 91L
The nine-tube 91 chassis in a lowboy
cabinet.
Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 15,000 |
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MODEL 91H
This Philco Highboy includes the
nine-tube 91 chassis.
Original selling price: $69.95
Number made: 14,346
Photo credit: John Miller |
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MODEL 91D
The 1932 Philco highboy with doors
which used the most tubes. A great-looking radio as well as a
great performer.
Original selling price: $99.50
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models
36D, 47D & 71D) |
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MODEL 91X
Another Inclined Sounding Board
Philco with twin speakers, nine tubes, and covering the AM band
with the aid of a shadowmeter.
Original selling price: $100
Number made: 14,675
Photo credit: Terry Van Winkle |
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