651 Triple Fin

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(post 1932)

• Year
• 1937–1939

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 46646

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A7 6D6 75 25L6G 25Z5 L49B

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 115 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Bakelite or Plastics (type unknown)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 651 Triple Fin - Majestic Radio & Television Co

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 12 x 8 x 7 inch / 305 x 203 x 178 mm

• Notes

• Colors available: brown, black, or ivory.

  The cabinet design was done by Norman Bel Geddes & Co.  The radio is pictured in "Norman Bel Geddes Designs America" by Regina Lee Blaszczyk and Donald Albrecht.  Stated to be Geddes' first Bakelite tabletop radio.

• Price in first year of sale
• 12.95 US$

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 10 = 1939 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 112.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 10-2

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (ad March 1939 page 29)

• Other Models

• Here you find 418 models, 174 with images and 358 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(post 1932)