• 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
• 90382

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

• 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 / Either AC: 50 to 60 cycles, 105 to 120V or DC: 105 to 120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 451 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.375 x 5.875 x 5.25 inch / 289 x 149 x 133 mm

• Notes

• The General Electric 451 is an AC/DC operated 5 tube BC band receiver.  The BC band frequency tuning range is 540 - 1600kHz. Has loop antenna mounted on back of cabinet.

  This model was also sold by Montgomery Ward.

  The 451 is part of a family of receivers that use similar schematics and cabinets with different cabinet colors:

  Model	Years Manufactured	Montgomery Ward Catalog Number	Cabinet Color	Schematic uses R11, C13
  424	1953-1954	-	Mohagony	Yes
  425	1953-1954	-	Ivory	Yes
  450	1954-1955	638	Green	No
  451	1954-1955	639	Ivory	No
  452	1954-1955	640	Red	No

  NOTE: Models 424 and 425 have R11 and C13 installed between the AVC node and pin 1 of the T2 IF transformer. The Beitman reference does not show these components but the General Electric service data does.

• Price in first year of sale
• 22.95 $

• Source of data
• - - Manufacturers Literature

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Beitman Radio Diagrams, Vol. 14, 1954 (Page 42)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Service Guide Volume III 1946 to 1961 Page 135)

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

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 233, folder 2 dated 3/54)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 2909 models, 2135 with images and 2034 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