Name: | Turnbull & Jones Ltd.; Auckland (NZ) |
Abbreviation: | turnbul |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
Turnbull & Jones Ltd. Brands: Exelrad, Troubadour & Courtenay Turnbull & Jones Ltd. was an old-established electrical firm and became a supplier and distributor of radios and radio components along with electrical products from 1931. Radios they advertised and distributed:
By 1956 Turnbull & Jones had ceased dealing in radios and withdrew the name Courtenay from the market. [1] |
Production: | 1931 - 1995 |
History: |
Turnbull and Jones Ltd., started by R.T. Turnbull and R.C. Jones were one of New Zealand's foremost electrical engineering companies dating back to the early 1900s and were the electrical contractors for the original Palmerston North Electric Power Station, opened 1924. [2] In April 1931 they added Philips radios to their inventory of electrical parts, Philips lamps, batteries, dynamos, etc. [3] By 1933 they were advertising Buy a “N.Z. Built Radio” the Troubadour and added Electrical Engineers & Wireless Experts. [4] According to the late John Stokes Turnbull & Jones manufactured Troubadour radios on a small scale from 1933 and production ceased in 1934. For a short time afterward this same brand name was used on sets made by Radio Corp. for Turnbull & Jones. However, after 1934 the latter firm took over the distribution of Courtenay but was still sold by Turnbull & Jones.[1] In 1934 Turnbull and Jones arranged for Radio Corp. to make a range of coils and transformers which they marketed under the brand 'Exelrad'. The following year they added kitset radios which were very similar to models manufactured by Radio Corp. Production continued up till the start of WW2. The Exelrad brand continued after the war, although these were not made by Radio Corp. [1] Stokes - The golden age of radio in the home. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Gary Cowans.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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NZ | 36 | Exelrad Dual-Wave Air-King Six 6DX1 | 6D6 | Exelrad 6DX1 Dual-Wave Air-King Six 6-valve superhet with RF stage dual-wave kitset rec... |
NZ | 38 | Exelrad Amplifier Kit 30 Watt | 6J7 | Exelrad A30 Amplifier Kit 30 Watt with inverse feed back and high fidelity transforme... |
NZ | 34 | Troubadour Interlude 5V | 2A7 | 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver. This Troubadour Interlude 5V... |
NZ | 34 | Troubadour The Tempo 5H | 2A7 | 5-Valve superhet broadcast (MW) table model receiver. This Troubadour "The Tempo"&... |
NZ | 39 | Exelrad 5B2 | 6A8 | Exelrad 5B2 Kitset 5-valve superhet broadcast (MW) kitset receiver available with the f... |
NZ | 39 | Exelrad 5D2 | 6A8 | Exelrad 5D3 Kitset 6-valve (including optional magic eye) superhet dual-... |
NZ | 37 | Exelrad Band-Pass Dual-Wave Five 5GX | 6A7 | This Exelrad 5GX Kit Set is a considerably revised version of the " Dual-wave Comet," whic... |
NZ | 39 | Exelrad 6A | 6D6 | Exelrad 6A is a 7 Valve (including Magic Eye) All Wave Kit, representing the very lat... |
NZ | 39 | Exelrad 6B | 6D6 | Exelrad 6B 7-valve (including optional magic eye) broadcast (MW) kitset receiver. ... |
NZ | 39 | Exelrad 6D | 6D6 | Exelrad 6D Kitset 7-valve (including optional magic eye) superhet dual-w... |
NZ | 38 | Exelrad Australasia 4 | 6A8G | Here's a set you can easily build, and one that will give you the utmost return in satisfa... |
NZ | 40 | Exelrad Play Day Four Portable | 1A7GT | Exelrad Play Day Four Portable kitset receiver. At last.....a really efficient POR... |
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