• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Zaney-Gill Corp., S.P. Zaney Inc.; Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL

• Year
• 1931 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 130870

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 224 224 224 227 245 280

• Main principle
• TRF (Tuned-Radio-Frequency but use of regeneration unknown); Screengrid 1926-1935

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• 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: Vitatone 54 [cathedral] - Zaney-Gill Corp., S.P. Zaney

• Shape
• Table-Cathedral-Type (upright, round top or gothic arch, not rounded edges only).

• Notes

• John W Stokes gives a wrong year for this receiver with 1934.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931)

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Italian brochure, Fratelli Padova)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio Call Book Magazine, Service Schematics

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Gernsback Official Radio Service Manual (Vol II, p.495B)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.W. Stokes, More Golden Age of Radio, NZ 1990

• Author
• Model page created by Hans-Joachim Korn † 16.11.15. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 15 models, 14 with images and 3 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Zaney-Gill Corp., S.P. Zaney Inc.; Los Angeles, CA and Chicago, IL