• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Detrola; Detroit (MI)

• Year
• 1939 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 37244

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 76 6D6 76 6G5 6K5G 76 6V6G 6V6G 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 456 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Details
• Record Player (perh.Changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Golden Tone 259 - Detrola; Detroit MI

• Shape
• Console with Push Buttons.

• Notes
• 6 push button station selectors. Separate oscillator with 76 tube. Tuning Eye. Push-pull audio amplifier.
  Same model as Golden Tone 259 EPC by Griffin-Smith. Stein notes 3 bands, obviously an error.

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Pre-War Consoles

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Other Models

• Here you find 331 models, 193 with images and 287 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Detrola; Detroit (MI)