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Phonograph with Philco for 1939
MANUFACTURED AND MARKETED BY
PHILCO
Philco once again began to
market its own radio-phonograph models in the 1939 season, now that the
company had bought out the Radiobar Company. Philco retained the
"Phonograph with Philco" name for its new line of radio-phonograph
combinations.
1939 (JUNE 1938):
| MODEL 39-10RP
A phonograph attachment only, it
could be wired to any radio receiver. The unique linear tracking
pickup in the lid reset itself whenever the lid was lifted. It
used no tubes, amplification being provided by the radio it was
connected to. It operated on 115 volts, 60 cycle AC.
Original selling price: $25
Number made: Not available
Photo credit: Doug Houston |
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MODEL 39-12TP
This set initially included a 39-12
(38-12) radio chassis with the single play 78 rpm phonograph
mounted under the top lid, which also had a linear
tracking, self-resetting pickup like the 39-10RP. Later models
used the 39-6 chassis, as shown here.
Original selling price: $49.95
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-19PA
One of four Phonograph with
Philco models to use the 39-19 chassis, this model had the most
streamlined, "modern" cabinet of the four.
Original selling price: $139.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-19PF
Another model using the 39-19
chassis, this set had the radio's dial and controls exposed
instead of hidden; only the phonograph was hidden under the top
lid of this model. Original
selling price: $99.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-19PCS
This 39-19 Phonograph with Philco
was a chairside model.
Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-19TP
The fourth 39-19 Phonograph with
Philco was a table model set; a design that looked much like
table model radio-phonographs of the late 1940s and 1950s.
Original selling price: $79.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-30PCX
Another large, streamlined set with
the radio dial and controls as well as the phonograph under the
top lid. This one used the 39-30 chassis.
Original selling price: $228
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-3-31PA
This model used the 39-31 chassis.
Original selling price: $248
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-2-40PC
One of Phonograph with Philco models
which used the 39-40 chassis.
Original selling price: $282.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-40PCX
Another radio-phonograph to use the
39-40 chassis.
Original selling price: $262.50
Number made: Not available |
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MODEL 39-116PCX
The best of the 1939 Phonograph with Philco models used the 39-116
chassis with Mystery Control.
Original selling price: $398
Number made: Not available
Photo used by permission. |
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MODEL 907T
The two versions of Model 907 were
apparently never put into production. They were intended to be
wireless phonographs which had a built-in oscillator which would
broadcast over an AM frequency to any radio in the same room as
the phonograph. This principle was later used in Models RP-1,
RP-2, RP-3 & RP-4. |
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MODEL 907F
The console version of the 907,
which was a 907T mounted on top of a record storage cabinet.
This model was also never put into production. |
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1939 (JANUARY 1939):
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MODEL 101
A compact Phonograph with Philco model
which used the new TH-4 chassis coupled with a single play 78
rpm phonograph mounted on the set's top.
Original selling price & number
made: Not available |
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MODEL 105
This is one of two mid-season
Phonograph with Philco models to use the 39-7 chassis.
Everything was hidden under the top lid.
Original selling price & number
made: Not available |
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MODEL 107
Another 39-7 radio chassis coupled
with a phonograph.
Original selling price & number
made: Not available |
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MODEL 108
This model used the 39-36 chassis
with a 78 rpm phonograph.
Original selling price & number
made: Not available |
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MODEL RP-1
The first wireless phonograph
actually put into production by Philco, it had a single play 78
rpm phonograph and a two-tube AM oscillator, which broadcast the
sound of the phonograph over a low frequency in the AM band to
any radio in the same room with the unit.
Original selling price: $19.95
Number made: 19,005 |
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MODEL RP-2
Just like the RP-1 above, except
that it had a lid which concealed the turntable and tone arm
when not in use.
Original selling price:
Number made: |
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MODEL RP-3
This model used the linear tracking,
self-resetting pickup that had been previously used on Models
39-10RP & 39-12TP. With the lid closed, the unit looked like a
large version of a Philco Mystery Control - without the
telephone-type dial.
The electronics of the unit were
identical to Models RP-1 and RP-2, other than the pickup.
Original selling price: $29.95
Number made: 1,500 |
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MODEL RP-4
The largest wireless phonograph made
in the 1939 season, this model was made to sit on the floor, and
had space for record storage in the bottom of the unit. It, too,
used a two-tube AM oscillator to broadcast the sound of the
record being played to any radio in the same room with the unit.
This set was expensive, and not many
were made. I have never seen one, nor have I heard of any that
still exist - although a few may be out there, somewhere.
Original selling price: $100
Number made: 250 |
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