• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)

• Year
• 1931/1932

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 115006

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 35 27 24A 35 27 47 47 80

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 175 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / depending on transformer - see in the notes, 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Playtime or Play-Time 124 - Crosley Radio Corp.;

• Shape
• Grandfather Clock with Radio.

• Notes

• Crosley sold different "Grandfather Clock Radios", at least the models "The Play-Time" 1-M or I-M chassis 124, sometimes called 124 Playtime (8 tubes: 35 RF, 27 osc, 24A 1st det, 35 IF, 27 2nd det + AF, 47, 47, 80) and sometimes called 124-M Playtime - with the same tubes and probably look ... We can not yet decide if it is the same model or if we should unite them on one model page. See also the cathedral radio 124 or 124-M Playboy, consoles 124 Cheerio, 124 Merrymaker and 124 Announcer with this chassis with push-pull output and speakers 306-J or 306-M. 3 different transformers were available - at least for the ordinary radios with chassis 124: 110 Volts 60 cycles (P53), 110 Volts 25 cycles (P52) or 220 Volts 25 cycles (P51). 3-gang tuning capacitor, no AVC. Volume is regulation of antenna. There is a tone control, perhaps featured as noise killer.

  At about the same time was the Grand Father Clock Radio "Oracle 59" (tubes 35, 35, 24, 47, 80). Those were followed by the 125 Playtime jr. (with tubes 24A, 35, 24A, 47, 80) and by the 141 Playtime jr. (with 24,58, 57, 47, 80) Grandfather Clock Radios, which also could be written as Play-Time.

• Price in first year of sale
• 95.00 $ !

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (6th edition)

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 2 = 1932 (Models 1931/1932)

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (December 1931, inside back cover.)

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1791 models, 1048 with images and 1282 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)