Music Box (MusicBox) PMU51-448 (Hura Wood)
Electrohome (Dominion Industries, ex Phonola); Kitchener (Ontario)
- Country
- Canada
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Electrohome (Dominion Industries, ex Phonola); Kitchener (Ontario)
- Year
- 1948
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 254331
- Number of Tubes
- 5
- Main principle
- Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Tuned circuits
- 6 AM circuit(s)
- Wave bands
- Broadcast only (MW).
- Power type and voltage
- AC/DC-set / 117 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Music Box PMU51-448 - Electrohome Dominion
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 9 x 6.25 x 7 inch / 229 x 159 x 178 mm
- Notes
-
Dominion Electrohome Industries Ltd. in Kitchener, Ontario presented in May 1948 a family of radios with the code PMU51. With the same chassis with the mixer 12BE6, IF 12BA6, Det./AF Amp 12AT6, Power Amp. 50B5 and Rexct. 35W4 one could choose the MusicBox in 6 versions or the PictuRadio in 4 versions:
MusicBox: PMU51-418 in Walnut, PMU51-428 in in Mahogany, PMU51-438 in Autumn Leaf Mahogany, PMU51-448 in Hura Wood, PMU51-458 in Black Lacquer and PMU51-468 in Chinese Red. To switch on the set one has only to open the lid.
Picturadio (Chassis PU2-4518 without tone control), cabinet 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inch: PMU51-478 in Walnut, PMU51-488 in Mahogany, PMU51-498 in Autumn Leaf Mahogany and PMU51-4108 in Ivory.
The control lamp (#47) is in parallel with one part of the rectifier. These simple AC/DC superhets but with 6 circuits7receive the broadcast band for 540 to 1600 kHz. See also the article of member Eric Bélanger in Radiophile Québec, vol. 14, July 2008 nr. 3, page 8-12. The season before there was also a code 103A PMU51 and 104A PMU51 (each as -417, -427, -437 and -447) but with an other chassis, tubes and cabinet.
- Mentioned in
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Author
- Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 896 models, 282 with images and 807 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Electrohome (Dominion Industries, ex Phonola); Kitchener (Ontario)
Collections
The model Music Box (MusicBox) is part of the collections of the following members.