• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)

• Year
• 1936

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56053

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 8

• Valves / Tubes
• 6A8MG 6K7MG 6Q7MG 6C5MG 6E5 6F6MG 6F6MG 5Z4MG

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 7-Tube Table Model Order= 57L 1942 Ch= 391Y [Late] - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15 x 18 x 11 inch / 381 x 457 x 279 mm

• Price in first year of sale
• 35.75 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 8 = 1937 and before

• Mentioned in
• Table Top Radios Vol. 4 Stein 2003

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Riders 8-4; 9-14

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 103)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 172, Spring & Summer 1936, page 547.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 242.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3218 with images and 4192 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)