• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56189

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 12A8GT 12K7GT 12SQ7GT 35L6GT 35Z4GT

• 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 / 35 Watts, AC 25 to 60 cycles or DC, 105 - 125 Volt

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

• Power out
• 2.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone 3451 Commentator Ch= 132.802 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

• Shape
• Tablemodel with Push Buttons.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.53125 x 6 x 5.5 inch / 267 x 152 x 140 mm

• Notes

• This "Candy Cane" Sears model family "Commentator", made by Noblitt-Sparks (Arvin) consists of Silvertone 3351 in rich burl Walnut color with golden color dial and knobs, Silvertone 3451 in Ivory color with sparkling red dial and knobs, Silvertone 3551 in Onyx color with golden color dial and knobs. The different chassis versions and the details about this model: See this text. These models have a permanent magnetic moving coil speaker (chocke, not field).
   Post war followers with the same cabinet but with single ended tubes are Silvertone 7004, 7006 and 7008. All show the "push down" or "piano key" "instamatic" buttons, not ordinary "push buttons". The set would be pushed away with ordinary push buttons. All have the same drift problems. Order= 57F 3451

• Price in first year of sale
• 10.00 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

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

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 12 = ca. 1941 and before

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

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 195)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (#181, Fall & Winter 1940/41, page 617.)

• Literature/Schematics (4)
• Riders 12-33

• Other Models

• Here you find 5479 models, 3211 with images and 4185 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)