• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Grigsby-Grunow (-Hinds) Co. (Majestic pre 1933); Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1933 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 221755

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• G-58-S G-2A7-S G-58-S G-55-S 2A5 G-80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Majestic 161 - Grigsby-Grunow -Hinds Co.

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 350 x 450 x 220 mm / 13.8 x 17.7 x 8.7 inch

• Notes
• Similar case design has been used for the Italian Kennedy 305.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12 kg / 26 lb 6.9 oz (26.432 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 47.00 USD

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios (7th Edition)

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios

• Author
• Model page created by Leonid Soloviev. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 201 models, 122 with images and 157 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Grigsby-Grunow (-Hinds) Co. (Majestic pre 1933); Chicago (IL)