404D Chateau Ch= W-877, W-867, W-868, 16-E

404D Chateau
Cabinet 404 Chateau is of Royal Hawaian Koa wood with tinted floral inlays.
The cabinet 404 Chateau has been made from late 1933 as 404A, 404B (1933/34), 404C (1934/35), 404D (1935/36) and 404E for season 1936/37. Same cabinet, other chassis per season.
Chassis Series 400-E for LW, broadcast and SW bands:
4-gang tuning condenser for two RF stages, 6 IF filters. See Rider's volume 7-4 for the 9-tube tuner chassis W-877 from Dec. 1935 for Capehart 404D Chateau, 405D Chippendale, 406D Adam, the 1600D Plain Cabinet Concealed, 60D Modern and 61D 18th Century:
6K7 1st RF, 6K7 2nd RF, 6C5 osc, 6L7 mixer, 2 x 6K7 IF, 6H6 AFC and 3 x 6C5. Aladdin remote is possible. Turning changer is 16-E for 78 rpm.
Two AF amplifiers:
W-867 bass amp for 8 tubes: 2 x 6F5, 4 x 6F6 push-pull/parallel and 2 x 5Z3.
W-868 treble amp for 4 tubes: 6F5, 2 x 6F6 push-pull and 5Z3 rectifier.

The Capehart 400 series were introduced for season 1931/32 without suffix, followed by A 1932/33, B 1933/34 etc. through to season 1948-50. See here the "Common information for the Capehart model pages for the 1930s and 1940s". We show also a model page for the 400 series, either to collect photos of unknown detail and/or to show the different cabinets in comparison.

In questo link sono elencati 273 modelli, di cui 154 con immagini e 130 con schemi.
Elenco delle radio e altri apparecchi della Capehart Corp.; Fort Wayne, IN - see also Farnsworth