• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries

• Year
• 1937/1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 32912

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• Number of Tubes
• 12

• Valves / Tubes
• 6K7G 6A8G 6A8G 6K7G 6E5 6J7G 6H6G 6K7G 6Q7G 6V6G 6V6G 5U4G

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 105-125 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 1237 Phantom Prince - Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes
• The Arvin Phantom Prince model 1237 is featured in the flier "New 1938 Arvin Radios" from 1937 which emphasizes on the "Phantom Filter Circuit (in "Life" October 18th 1937) and in ads on "ten years of radio progress". Some models, like this one, feature also Arvin's "Presto-Station-Changer" for selecting one out of 10 stations - like with a telephone dial. The Arvin Phantom Prince model 1237 has a 12 inch speaker.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Complete Price Guide to Antique Radios: Pre-War Consoles

• Other Models

• Here you find 697 models, 487 with images and 556 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Industries