• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1954/1955

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 90408

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 35C5 35W4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 105-120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 inch = 16.5 cm

• Power out
• 0.75 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 431 Musaphonic - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 14.25 x 7.625 x 7 inch / 362 x 194 x 178 mm

• Notes
• Family of models with the following colors: 431-A-B-C--Dark Brown, 432-A-B-C--Ivory, 433B-C--Gray. These models have an RF amplifier, a ferrite core loop antenna, phonograph jack input and combination volume control, which adjusts the phono volume when turned to the left and adjuststhe radio volume when turned to the right of center. The 431C receivers have a local-distance switch on the rear of the set.

• Price in first year of sale
• 39.95 $

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 14, 1954

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 9-59, Set 456, Servicer)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Montgomery Ward Catalogs (Wards, Airline) (Fall/Winter 1954/55, page 666 & 667.)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2919 models, 2142 with images and 2045 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY