Name: | Selector (Brand), Selectors Ltd.; Slough, London (GB) |
Abbreviation: | selectors |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
Selectors Ltd. Brand: Selector The company started manufacturing portable radios in 1926, Added AC/DC mains models to their inventory in the early 1930s, and went into liquidation by December 1932.
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Founded: | 1926 |
Closed: | 1932 |
Production: | 1926 - 1932 |
History: |
Selectors Ltd. was registered as a private company as a dealer in wireless sets, apparatus, and component parts etc on November 19, 1926. W. M. Rolph was the first Managing Director. [1] They manufactured portable radios in Slough and sold them from their London Office in Dover Street. In June 1930 they published a letter in the Wireless & Gramophone Trader. We have received the following letter from Selectors, Ltd., the well-known set makers of Slough, and have been asked to give it prominence for the particular information of the firm's many friends in the trade. To the Editor. By August 1930 they were manufacturing 5 portable radios, AC/DC mains Model 44 along with the Selector Vox, AC-powered radiogram with two turntables. [3] At the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia in September 1930 they displayed. Stand 114. Two battery-operated sets, two all-mains models, and one combined radio gramophone, while a new addition to the family is an attaché receiver selling at a modest figure. In this newcomer, the well-tried and proven Selector screen grid circuit is employed, which is very simple to control and exceedingly efficient. The father of the family is the Selector Vox, a radio gramophone working entirely from the mains and housed in a most attractive veneered walnut cabinet.[4] Also in September 1930, the company announced; Selectors' New Trading Conditions New Discounts: Hire-purchase Scheme: Free Technical Instruction. Two important announcements have just been made with regard to Selectors' trading conditions. The first is in connection with their selling policy. As of the beginning of this month, Selector products will be sold only through four channels: the distributor agent, service agent, factor, and trader. It is stated that many advantages for the trader will be obtained from the new scheme, such as the maintenance of list prices and protection against reductions, co-operation in local advertising, special publicity and circular sing campaigns, and free training for the technical members of the staffs of the service agents at the Selector Works, Slough. [5] This new marketing system may have run into financial problems because the company was liquidated by December 1932. [6] [1] Electrical Review Nov 26, 1926, Page 886. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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GB | 28 | Super U32 | Built in accumulator and mains charging unit. | |
GB | 29 | Cabinet Portable | ||
GB | 29 | Selector AC mains | ||
GB | 29 | Suitcase Portable | ||
GB | 27 | Selector Super | The Selector Super stands out. As in the previous models, the superheterodyne type of circ... | |
GB | 27 | Selector Three | Grid-leak detector and two transformer-coupled LF valves. 200-600 and 1000-2000 metres. Oa... | |
GB | 27 | Selector Five | Wave range 200-600-1000-2000 metres. Enclosed frame aerial. Leatherette or mahogany. | |
GB | 30 | Attaché 32 | 32 Attaché Model. Four valves; single screen-grid H.F. stage, with tuned anode co... | |
GB | 30 | Electric 55 | S4V | Electric 55 This model has already proved its popularity. lt embodies a moving coi... |
GB | 30 | Attache 22 | See also previous model Suitcase Portable. | |
GB | 30 | Selector-Vox | Selector-Vox all-electric console model for A.C. This instrument has twin turntables, and... | |
GB | 30 | Electric 42 | This set is a 4-valve A.C. mains transportable and is fitted in a highly polished&nbs... |
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