A large, attractive lowboy, this model has a hidden Inclined Sounding Board.

Original selling price: $85
Number made: 2,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 16L & 17L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)

A new style Inclined Sounding Board cabinet for 1933, which was also used with other Philco models.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: 2,000

MODEL 16B

Philco's largest Baby Grand up to that time used 11 tubes and covered AM and shortwave from 520 kc to 23 mc in five bands. Model 16 even incluided a squelch control to cut background noises while tuning. The squelch could be turned on and off by a toggle switch on the side panel, and the squelch threshold was controlled by a potentiometer mounted in back of the set.

Original selling price: $75
Number made: 22,100

Photo credit: Paul Turney

A large Lowboy with the powerful Philco 16 chassis which, like most larger 1933 Philco consoles, could produce 10 watts output.

Original selling price: $125
Number made: 2,200  (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 14L & 17L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)

Photo credit: Paul Turney

A large "X" model with the 16 chassis.

Original selling price: $150
Number made: 2,000

Photo credit: Lee Holmes

The Model 17 had eleven tubes, like the Model 16, but only covered AM and the "police" band (1.5 to 4 mc). It was not a popular set and did not sell very well in any of its versions, as most people who could afford an eleven-tube set opted for the Model 16 instead.

Original selling price: $65
Number made: 2,350 (NOTE: Figure includes production of June 1933 Models 43B & 91B)

Another attractive 1933 Lowboy model.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: 2,200  (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 14L & 16L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)

Similar to Model 16X, but slightly smaller in size.

Original selling price: Not available
Number made: 2,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of July 1933 Models 18XS & 19X)

The new Model 19 now had two-band reception, covering AM and the "police" band up to 3.3 mc. Model 19 sets now had a four-point tone control and produced a great sound in a compact (six tube) package.

Original selling price: $37.50
Number made: 20,750 (NOTE: Figure includes production of January 1933 Model 19B)

Model 19 could now be purchased as a console. While production of this model was not really high, examples are fairly easy to find today.

Original selling price: $50
Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 43H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)

A new chairside for summer 1933. This model featured a compact table model unit coupled to a large separate speaker cabinet by a 25-foot cable.

Original selling price: $65
Number made: 1,500

Closeup of the chairside unit of Model 19TX.

Perhaps this (and the 91X below) was Philco's way of using up leftover 1932 Model 15X cabinets. The small Model 19 chassis is almost lost in this huge cabinet.

Original selling price: $65
Number made: 3,600 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 91X)

Philco's all-wave Model 43 was carried over from the previous year. It received new console cabinets for 1933, and this is one of them.

Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)

The eight-tube, all-wave Model 43 in the attractive 1933 Inclined Sounding Board or "X" cabinet.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: Not available

This is a highboy version of the 110 volt direct current (DC) Model 47.

Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 43H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)

This is the direct current highboy with double doors for 1933.

Original selling price: $89.95
Number made: 5,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 91D as well as July 1933 Models 14D, 17D & 18D)

An Inclined Sounding Board Philco designed for use on direct current only.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: Not available

A new cigar box pee-wee for 1933, this set could be operated on either AC or DC current. 5 tubes.

Original selling price: $25
Number made: 56,250

Photo credit: John Wynne

Another "pee-wee" Philco model, this one used a 4-tube circuit similar to Model 80, yet laid out on a very small chassis.

Original selling price: $15
Number made: 110,500

The new 89B added "police" band coverage (1.5 to 3.3 mc) and went from three knobs to four.

Original selling price: $30
Number made: 94,390

Photo credit: Ed Locker

This was a popular set in its day, slightly outselling the Baby Grand version of Model 89.

Original selling price: $37.50
Number made: 94,974

Photo credit: Keith Park

The sun was setting on Model 91; it would be discontinued only one month later. It received new console cabinets for mid-1933, including this lowboy.

Original selling price: $60
Number made: Not available

Photo credit: Keith Park

The new, short-lived Model 91 highboy.

Original selling price: $70
Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 43H & 47H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)

As you can see by scrolling through this page, this style cabinet was used on a number of different Philco models in 1933.

Original selling price: $85
Number made: 5,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 47D as well as July 1933 Models 14D, 17D & 18D)

The last Inclined Sounding Board Model 91 is in a cabinet which is very similar to the previous season's Model 15X.

Original selling price: $85
Number made: 3,600 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 19X)

Photo credit: Glen Gould