• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 56265

• • Brand: Silvertone

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 1C7G 1D5GP 1H4G 1H4G 1H6G 1E7G

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 465 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

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

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 90 & 4.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Power out
• 0.6 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Silvertone Order= 57EM 4437 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.5 x 19 x 13.5 inch / 394 x 483 x 343 mm

• Notes
• The Silvertone model 4437 is the same as model 4438 but this model 4437 uses dry batteries only, also for the heaters and the model 4438 uses a 4 volt storage battery for the heaters. For details see schematic. The tuning bands are broadcast 545 to 1720 kHz and short wave 5.6 to 16.5 MHz.

• Price in first year of sale
• 27.95 $

• External source of data
• Ernst Erb

• Source of data
• The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide 1921 - 1965

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 9 = 1938 and before

• Mentioned in
• The Sears Silvertone Catalogs 1930-1942 (page 119)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Machine Age to Jet Age II (Riders 9-18, 19, 20)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Sears, Roebuck Catalogs (Silvertone) (# 174, Spring & Summer 1937, page 435.)

• Other Models

• Here you find 5486 models, 3219 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)