Name: | Grimes, David Inc.; Staten Island, NY (USA) |
Brand: | Inverse Duplex || New Yorker (brand) |
Abbreviation: | grimes |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
In the November 1924, The Radio Trade Directory under the heading manufacturers of Vacuum Tube Sets on page 80, the David Grimes Inc. was located at 1571 Broadway in New York City, New York. Trade Name: "Viking" |
Production: | - 1927 |
History: |
David Grimes Inc. and later Grimes Radio Eng. Co. Inc.; Grasmere, Staten Island, New York: - Trade names Inverse Duplex, New Yorker. In 1926 David Grimes became involved with Wall Street promoters and was associated with the David Grimes and Cameo Record Corporation. They spent 2 million dollars on advertising and subsequently in and David Grimes left the corporation. They did away with the inverse duplex system and converted sububsequent Viking Radios into TRF's but used the binocular coils. The Model 6D was a six tube set and the New Yorker was one of those also. The Radio Jobber said that in 1927 the company went into receivership and the assets were sold.
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Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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USA | 25 | 3XP | UV201A | Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) |
USA | 25 | Inverse Duplex Reflex 4DL (4D) [UX sockets] | UX199 | Every known printed source (see ref.) calls it 4DL while the Radio itself is stamped 4D on... |
USA | 25 | Baby Grand Duplex 5B | Two dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | 5D | Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | Baby Grand | Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | Empire | Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | Monotube | Two dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | Renaissance | Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 25 | Tritube | Two dials (primary tuning control knobs) | |
USA | 24 | Super Tone | ||
USA | 26/27 | Grimes Own Junior a kit of essential parts | CX301A | The announcement or ad for this kit "Grimes own Junior" is not a prove for the existence o... |
USA | 26/27 | Grimes Own Kit Inverse Duplex Reflex System | CX301A | Grimes tells in the ad from 1926, titled "A Kit Built With a Longing for PERFECTION" that ... |
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