Fiver Compact Louver Front
Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)
- Year
- 1937/1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 228792
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Valves / Tubes
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 110 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm
- Material
- Various materials
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Fiver Compact Louver Front - Crosley Radio Corp.;
- Shape
- Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 13.25 x 8 x 7 inch / 337 x 203 x 178 mm
- Notes
-
Cabinet is metal with molded bakelite front. Louver style conceals speaker grille. Finished in Brown, in Bronze with Black bakelite front, in Silver Gray with Black front. Gold reflector type Mirro-Dial.
See: the same Crosley chassis was used for models 517 Fiver deLuxe Comact (late), Fiver DeLuxe Table model (upright), Fiver Compact with Bakelite louver front and the Fiver DeLuxe Console. Not to confuse with the Fiver Console which has a slightly different chassis with push buttons like the different cabinets: "Chairside Fiver" in black wrinkle, brown wrinkle and walnut and the other models with the same "Quiktune Dial" like the table model for $24.
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Crosley Folder No. 1918, 1938 for Season 1937/38.
- Literature/Schematics (4)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003 (page 72.)
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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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)
Collections
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