9-S-232 "Waltons" Ch= 5905
Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
- Year
- 1937/1938
- Category
- Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 68140
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- alternative name: Chicago Radio Lab
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- Number of Tubes
- 9
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 456 kHz
- Wave bands
- Broadcast, Short Wave(s) and Police.
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm
- Power out
- 4.5 W (unknown quality)
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: 9-S-232 "Waltons" Ch= 5905 - Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago,
- Shape
- Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 16.9 x 23.8 x 12.4 inch / 429 x 605 x 315 mm
- Notes
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Zenith 9-S-232, Ch=5905, alias "The Waltons";
This typical tombstone shaped home radio of it´s time with it`s unique dial scale was used as a film set requisite in the western world well known 1970`s familiy TV saga series "The Waltons".
Playing from ~1932 - 1946 the years of economic depression up the the post war time.
So we known this radio-set under the collector`s nickname - "Zenith Walton". Yes, there was a time before television surrounds us in front of the screen...The popular set from the TV series "The Waltons".
The cabinet is similar for the following "Walton" models:
12-S-232
9-S-232
9-S-232AT
8-A-232
7-S-232
7-S-232T
7-J-232
7-J-232T
They are looking all the same. That's why all of them are called "Waltons" although only one thereof was in the play.
- Price in first year of sale
- 90.00 $
- 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 8 = 1937 and before
- Mentioned in
- Collector's Guide to Antique Radios 4. Edition
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Zenith Radio The Glory Years 1936-1945
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- Table Top Radios Vol. 1 Stein 98 (page 170.)
- Literature/Schematics (3)
- Cathedral & Tombstone Radios (page 283.)
- Other Models
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Here you find 4492 models, 4097 with images and 3605 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL
Collections
The model 9-S-232 "Waltons" is part of the collections of the following members.