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Brierley, J. H. (Gramophones & Recordings) Ltd.; Liverpool

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Name: Brierley, J. H. (Gramophones & Recordings) Ltd.; Liverpool    (GB)  
Abbreviation: brierley
Products: Model types
Summary:

J. H. Brierley (Gramophones & Recordings) Ltd. 
1, St Pauls Avenue, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. (1944)
46 Tithebarn Street, Liverpool (1945 - 1951)
Kirby Trading Estate, Liverpool (1951)

John Brierley was a manufacturer of ribbon and armature pick-ups, filters, amplifiers, and pre-amplifiers from 1946.

Earlier he wrote several articles on audio gramophone pickups, transformers, and filter design which were published in Wireless World in the early 1940s as below:-

Making a Moving Coil Pick-up,  July 1942, Page 154.

Gramophone Needle Points, Blunt or Sharp, February 1943, Page 36.

Design and Construction of a Low-pass Filter and Feeder Unit,  April 1943, Page 100.

Pickup Coupling Transformer,  July 1943, Page 212.

 

 

Production: 1946 -
History:

A list of their manufactured products was listed in Wireless World Jun 1947 as below;

GRAMOPHONE AND SOUND EQUIPMENT

JH. Brierley, Ltd., announced a complete range of new equipment: -

  • Ribbon Pickup, £5/10 plus £1/7/6 tax.
  • Special Mumetal screened transformer for ribbon pickup, £2.
  • Armature pickup, 5gns plus £1/6/9 tax.
  • Special Mumetal screened transformer for armature pickup, £1.
  • Combined coupling transformer and domestic tone compensation unit for armature pickup, £1/7/6.
  • Latest JB /12 /Q amplifier for use with the above pickups with many special features. £48.
  • Pre-amplifier, standard type, £9.
  • Filters, JB /LPF 1 and 2 with cut-off frequencies of 7,500 c/s and 13,000 c/s respectively, matched for a terminating impedance of 24,000 ohms, £3/10 each.

Full details of any or all the above items will be supplied on receipt of 3d in stamps. [1]

 

[1] Wireless World Jun 1947, Ad 43

This manufacturer was suggested by Pier Antonio Aluffi.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
GB  50 Microarmature Pickup JB/P/A/1   The Microarmature Pickup has an output of 1/15 V and a working pressure of ¼ oz. It ... 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Wireless World Jun 1948, Page Ad.tbn_gb_brierley_wirless_world_jun_1948_page_ad.jpg
[1] Wireless World Jun 1947, Ad 43tbn_gb_brierley_1_wirless_world_aug_1947_page_ad_43.jpg
Wireless World Jun 1950, Page 14.tbn_gb_brierley_wirless_world_jun_1950_page_14.jpg
Radio & TV News Oct 1950, Page 155.tbn_gb_brierley_radio_tv_news_oct_1950_page_155.jpg

  

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