• Year
  • 1967/1968 ?
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 259477

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 2
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer); Loudspeaker + integr.Amplifier
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 6 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: Swingster - Kenner Products; Cincinnati,
  • Shape
  • Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 12 x 4 x 5 inch / 305 x 102 x 127 mm
  • Notes
  • The Swingster was a portable batterry operated record player designed for small children in the late 1960s.  It had a unique design where the tone arm rode on a steel rod which at the end or record play could be lifted to raise the tone arm and automatically place the needle back at the begining of the record with ease.  A design that did not catch on nor work particularly well.  Production of the Swingster and this design ended fairly quickly.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 1 lb (1 lb 0 oz) / 0.454 kg
  • Author
  • Model page created by Todd Swangstu. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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