Here are the photos of "a few" items that have passed near my camera in the last 30 years.
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Phonographs and Gramophones
Morel Puck Phonograph (ca 1903) Polychromatic lyre base, morning-glory horn in perfect condition. For more details about Pucks, go to "A few good cylinders...and a Puck for nothing !".
The same Puck (ca 1903) seen from above.
Pathé 0 (zéro) 1903 The cheapest Pathé phonograph (22,50 F of the day !), with the optional 30 cm horn that cost an extra 2,50 F. See complete 1903 catalogue on the "Phonos" page. A very good close-up on the decal "I sing loud and clear".
Pathé N°1 (1903) Far superior to the zero, this N° 1, in a reversible walnut cabinet has a feedscrew which moves the reproducer+ horn along the cylinder.
The Mermaid (ca 1903) much rarer and more attractive than the lyre. A superb Art Nouveau creation.
The same Mermaid (ca 1903) seen from above...
Le Cahit reproducer, named "Le Merveilleux" in its original jewel case. Spider mounted stylus, inspired by the Bettini system.
American Graphophone (1897) model B known as the Eagle, in reference to the eagle on the $ 10 coin, its price without the lid, which was sold as an option ! The unusual "hunting horn" must be have been made in France.
Some nice cylinder boxes Most cylinder boxes found in France were brown without decorations.
Edison in New York, listening to the first "phonogram" sent from England. Print from La Nature, May 4th 1889.
Phonographic recording of a piano piece. Print from La Nature, August 31st 1889.
Phonographic recording of a cornet solo. Print from La Nature, August 31st 1889.
Listening to the Edison phonographs at the Universal Exhibition. Print from La Nature, August 31st 1889.
1899 Pathé advert for cylinder machines. Nobody would dare it today !
Another 1899 Pathé advert same inspiration !
Fancy postcard around 1905 showing the Pathé N°0, the cheapest one.
German print of 1899 : A recording session. The singer sang into a group of 4 horns linked to 4 recording phonographs. So that was 4 cylinders on one take, if everything went right.
Charlus One of the great French cylinder stars . His clear articulation was perfect for the recording technique of the day.
Front page of 1907 Zonophone catalogue. With photos of the artists in a sophisticated page setup.
Colour front page of 1909 Gramophone catalogue : An absolute masterwork !
The clockwork motor of a Lioret "Le Merveilleux" (1895) The cardboard case has unfortunately disappeared.
Columbia Graphophone type AT (1899). Close-up of the aluminium reproducer : front and back. The optional Bettini reproducer : front and back.
Edison Standard Phonograph (1901) "New Style"
Edison GEM model A (1906) with suspended horn.
Edison "Fireside" model A (1909) with the two and four minute system. Let's have a closer look !
Le Phonopostal (1906) - parts missing A very curious machine for recording and playing sound postcards. One of the first steps to multimedia !
Sonorine (front view) Wax coated postcard for use with the Phonopostal.
Sonorine (back view) The pot-metal card frame is, of course, broken.
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One of the rarest rarities !
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 Listen to a sonorine ! Those few words recorded on a sonorine around 1906 are unfortunately not readable, in spite of all the filters used. But what an emotional document !
Gramophone Monarch N°7 (1903) with its massive carved oak case.
Pathéphone N°4 (1908)
Pathé modèle D (1906) with its lid on.
Pathéphone N°10 (1908) French polished mahogany case.
Superb Odeon disc machine as it appears in a 1907 Odeon records catalogue.
Edison Bell (1909) French polished mahogany case.
Opéra phonograph (1920) "Night and Day" with a second internal horn.
Pathéphone de luxe (1925) French polished mahogany (closed).
Same as above (open)
Pathé Diffusor (1925) with conical loudspeaker and mechanical volume control.
Portable gramophones
De luxe Odeon portable All metal parts are gold plated. Retractable winding handle.
De luxe Stradivox portable(1931) by Magnié, stringed instrument maker at Mirecourt. Very nice violin style finish and exceptional sound.
Phonodiff (1928) featuring a unique tone arm driving a conical loudspeaker inside the lid. Very good sound.
Portable Pathé Diamond (1930) relatively small but quite heavy !
Swiss-made Mikiphone (1930) A cleverly designed "pocket Gramophone", although weighing more than 1 Kg !. A masterpiece of Swiss craftsmanship. Here it is closed, half-open ( the inside of the lid fortunately shows how the different parts should be placed !), and now ready to play. The nice and tiny needle tin was part of the kit, but is very seldom found...
Not to be mistaken with the previous one, here is the Japanese Mikkyphone (1930). Here it is closed with a Japanese record to give the scale ! Now we can see it open with its accessories in the right place, and finally, assembled and ready to play.
Swiss-made Excelda (1930) Portable Gramophone disguised as a folding camera.
Swiss-made Excelda (1930) Green version of the same.
Excelda instructions leaflet (recto) and verso
Toy Nirona Gramophone (1929) with its curious resonator.
Another toy Nirona (1929) round shaped and nicely decorated.
Peter Pan (1925) Portable Gramophone with folding leather horn.
Peter Pan (1925) Another version with the rare telescoping aluminium horn.
Mignonphone (1926) Portable Gramophone with folding cardboard horn.
Saphona toy Gramophone German-made. Nicely decorated.
Lemiphone toy Gramophone German-made too.
Toy Gramophone (fifties) Unidentified origin.
Phonodiff portable Gramophone(1928) Unique reproducing system : the conical loudspeaker is hidden inside the lid.
Columbia console gramophone (ca 1925) Sober design and high quality sound.
A strange "Zig-zag" gramophone with straight aluminium horn to be fixed inside the lid. You can see it open and here is a close up on the brand plate.
Advertising keyring ( 60's) "Pathé Marconi La Voix de son Maître". With a mobile Nipper figure. Very much sought after by key-rings collectors !
His Master's Voice Pick-Up (thirties). Elegant marble like bakelite case. Relatively lightweight electromagnetic reproducer enabling the use of special "semi-permanent" needles (playing 15 record sides each !)
The same, open The V6A Philips radio is used as an audio amplifier. This combination gave good results and was an alternative to the expensive radiograms of the time.
Musical postcard (date unknown) front Le bon Roi Dagobert, a traditional French song.
Musical postcard (date unknown) back Le bon Roi Dagobert.
The song "Le bon Roi Dagobert " from the above-mentioned card ! ( Real Audio)
What about vinyl records ?The history of microgroove vinyl records, record players, Hi-Fi and related items would need many more pages made by serious specialists. All that obsolete technology is a bit outside the scope of my pages. I will, however, present a few curiosities of the vinyl era :
Musical postcard (late fifties) Brigitte Bardot. Collection Phonostar. 33 rpm
The voice of Brigitte Bardot recorded on that card.
Musical postcard (late fifties) Dany Robin. Collection Phonostar. 33 rpm
The voice of Dany Robin recorded on that card.
Sonorama N°1 October 1958 : A revolutionary concept. The first multimedia magazine with text, pictures and floppy records ! Sonorama was sold until July 1962. Its short career make it very interesting and collectible. All kind of documents are featured, serious or not (The war in Algeria or interviews of Brigitte Bardot !) The "floppy disks" could be played at 33 rpm on any record player without the need to cut them from the magazine, which was totally reversible. The sound was quite correct for documents of that type.(Yves Richard Collection )
Cuisinorama N°1 (1959) Raymond Oliver and Catherine Langeais, two great TV stars or the time.
Nostalgia rules, OK ? Listen to the fascinating story of the Béchamelle sauce!
45 rpm record of the Ligue Anti-Alcoolique (1955) A sober (!) record sleeve for a serious subject ! but the way it is dealt with has become quite hilarious today ! Have a free sample !
The last gramophone of the century ! This Goldorak talking card of the 90's uses a hand rotated disc and a steel needle.
Berliner's invention re-invented by Science Fiction !
Georges Brassens' 6th album cover (1955) showing the singer with his phonographs.
Georges Brassens with his phonos Front page of Cinémonde October 30th 1958.
Teppaz Oscar portable record player (early 60's). 4 speeds and double stylus allowing a good playback of 78's. Those early electrical record players symbolise a whole generation and fully deserve to be in the museum.
The Teppaz record-players line (1962). Advertising leaflet (front)
The Teppaz record-players line (1962). Advertising leaflet (back)
Advertising cardboard for shop windows (1962) format 20 x 13 cm." Teppaz brings Joy ! "......
Melovox record player (1964) A nicely built player with good audio performance. Especially dear to my heart as it was my first record player with which my interest in music really started : French popular singers of the 60's of course, but also Bach and Beethoven...
The Teppaz Transitradio line : Portable solid state radio/record-players. Advertising leaflet.
16 rpm record (50's) 16 rpm records were launched in the fifties for very long playing records, but were a commercial failure because the speed was too low for correct rendering of high frequencies. Listen to "St Topez Cha-cha", the first track of the above-pictures record (nothing above 8000 Hz !)
Tape recorders soon became the best solution for long recordings. Therefore, 16 rpm's are quite rare today.
"Sidney Bechet en 16 tours" a 25 cm Vogue record and the back of the sleeve... One hour of music ! One of the rarest rarities !
Telephones
Crystal Sets
- Impressive Radiojour crystal set. Oudin system with adjustable capacitor made of two metal plates inside the base.
- Oudin system crystal set unknown manufacturer. Small coil and unusual adjustable capacitor.
- Kiddy receiver 1930 Late model with simple tuning system
- Instructions leaflet for the above mentioned (front)
- Instructions leaflet for the above mentioned (back)
- Gody, manufacturer in Amboise Large coil set (1913) for long distance reception.
- "Radio Amateurs" (1925) Very cheap and simple set with cardboard top.
- The same crystal set described in a dithyrambic advert of 1925 !
- Pival receiver (1925) Nice bakelite. Special coil with 3 connexions. The same in its original box (Col. Pierre Frichot)
- Micro-Minus The smallest crystal set ever made !
- Another Micro-Minus more sophisticated than the previous one.
- Minus (1925) Tesla system with variable coupling inductors.
- Instructions leaflet for the Minus Doris
- Polybloc set wood lined with marble-like synthetic material.
- Vitus wall receiver (1924) The green-wire coil is wound around the case. Oudin system.
- FRT (Fabrications Radio-Electriques Tellene) receiver with Oudin system Unusual "piston" adjustable capacitor.
- Advert for FRT (Fabrications Radio-Electriques Tellene) showing other models with the same variable capacitor, typical of the brand.
- Duvivier "piano" Tesla system with very selective dual tuning. Seedescription from the Beausoleil catalogue (coll. G. Chaulet). Those sets rarely bear the constructor's plate ("A. DUVIVIER - 4 & 8, villa d'Orléans - 67, avenue d'Orléans, Paris 14° - Tél : Gobelins 18-53)
- Bakelite Jackson set, known as Professeur Jacmart's set. Made from 1932 to 1953 : a remarkable commercial success !
- Instructions for the above-mentioned printed on the bottom cardboard.
- Schematic diagram of the Jackson set. Not so simple as we would have thought !
- Ondophone Horace Hurm (1914) time signal receiver. Single earphone with Kleptovox crystal detector (Bruno Ruiz collection )
- Horace Hurm: Micropost Pocket (1925) with the "Kleptovox" detector and 2 "néoselfs" coils.
- Kleptovox and Polycontact detectors on the 1925 Horace Hurm catalogue
Loudspeakers
Battery sets
- Radio L.L. Audionette (1925) consisting of separate modules.
- Péricaud: Radio Secteur (1926) One of the first mains-operated sets, but the power supply was contained in an external box. Here it is with its mains converter and here is a view of the top. Close-up of one of the very specific valves.
- Home-made 4 tubes TRF set with "Japanese" loudspeaker (as seen above )
- Radio of unknown manufacturer with 4 external tubes heavily restored by myself !
- The same radio as above as found in a rubbish dump before restoration !
- Radiostandard S.F.R. type SG4 (1923) 4 TM tubes with Y shaped sockets. In fact 4 regular TM tubes with X-Y adapters.
- Péricaud: Trio Secteur (1926) Same system as the Radio Secteur but smaller and cheaper.
- "Le Radionett, système Joignet "(1923) Very basic one tube receiver in simple oak case.
- Radio blocs Brunet (1923) This set of 3 AF modules could be added to the Radionett as a "plug-in" to increase the audio.
- AF amplifier "Radio bloc Brunet" with rare "golden" iridescent T.M. tube.
- Atwater Kent "breadboard" model 10 (1924) American open set. A very different concept from European sets of that time. A premonition of Printed Circuit Boards...
- Ondia "Neutrondia" set(1926) manufactured in Boulogne sur Mer. With beautiful British Amplion wood horn loudspeaker.
- Superhétérodyne modèle A (1926) 7 valves. Have a look inside !
- Merlaud & Poitrat "Sélectadyne" set (1926) Impressive high-end set with 6 tubes and final push-pull circuit.
- The inside of the above showing the remarkable mechanic and electronic set-up.
- Schnell short-wave receiver 1926 A working reconstruction by myself with old components according to a schematic diagram of the time.
- Ducretet Audio Frequency amplifier (1923) One of the modules of the famous "pianos", before Ducretet had the idea to associate it with a tuning module.
- Radiomodulateur Ducretet (1928) 5 tubes superheterodyne. High quality French polished mahogany case.
- Ducretet loop antenna (1927) with built-in compass for precision beaming !
- Radio Nord receiver (ca 1925) with de luxe polished walnut cabinet. There is enough space inside to house the batteries. Here is a close-up of the sophisticated ebonite front pannel, and a close-up of the brand plate.
The chassis is very difficult to access for maintenance, with its components fixed with complete lack of logics ! Note the external valves horizontally positionned ! Perhaps the manufacturer had considered his sets would never need servicing ! (Pierre Devaux Collection )
- TM METAL Triode (France) (1915) Initially "Télegraphie Militaire" but widely used in the broadcast receivers of the early twenties.
- Telefunken EVN 171 German triode (1918) Filament 2,7 V 0,5 A. With its original resistor.
- VT1 Western Electric triode U.S.A. (1916)
- A few pretty tubes with "tips" low filament current. (ca. 1926)
- A few others with no tips (ca. 1928)
- Anodic tension dry batteries for battery sets. The 4 V heating DC was always provided by accumulators.
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- Colour cover of the magazine "Je sais tout" (I know everything), dated March 15 th 1925
- The Visseaux valve : Advert on cardboard (ca. 1928)
- Zenith valves advertising plate (Italy ca 1925) : Very attractive valves !
- Cover of J. Roussel's book (1923) : How to receive Wireless telephony.
- Three little kids enjoying the wireless A charming scene (ca 1928).
- Radiola 1923 advertisement ( in La Science & la Vie) Receiver with large loop antenna. In spite of much advertising, very few of those sets were actually sold.
- The same receiver with loop antenna as described in l'Illustration in 1923.
- Studio of Radiola, the first private broadcaster in 1923 : At the microphone, Marcel Laporte, the first ever "announcer" nicknamed Radiolo. ( From La Nature 1934) )
- Radiola 1923 advertisement (in La Science & la Vie) This receiver was more commercially successful . Evidently, those advertisements had the wealthy customer in mind.
- Hand drawing from " l'Illustration" in 1923 : A beautiful lady listening in...
- Hand drawing from " l'Illustration" 1923 : How the wireless set would help motorists ! A premonition of CB radio !
- Cover of "L'Illustration" 1923 Wireless special issue The Eiffel tower military station.
- Pioneers of ham radio : Pierre Louis (8BF) and Georges Perroux (8RRX) experimenting with radio communications across the Atlantic in 1922.
- Cover of " La Science & la Vie" in 1926 : How clandestine radio stations are detected by radio-goniometry.
- Front page of the first issue of "La TSF pour tous" (Wireless for All) January 1925
- A humorous drawing from "La TSF pour tous" (Dec 1925) A machine for hanging aerials in inaccessible trees...
- Vitus advertising postcard (1928) : The wireless set is the main attraction in the lounges of refined society.
- Maurice Chevalier advertising for Vitus radios (photo 1926)
- An unknown male celebrity advertising for Vitus radios (photo 1926)
- An unknown female celebrity advertising for Vitus radios (photo 1926)
- Short wave listening from Tintin and the Blue Lotus (Hergé 1936)
- Radiola Sfer 20 "The ultimate receiver..." (advertising pamphlet 1927)
- A superb Brown colour advert in the Christmas issue of "La Science la Vie" in 1926. The wireless set becomes part of Art-deco environment.
Mains sets (1930 - 1960)
- Superb Sonora T37 bakelite cabinet with 2 back lit glass columns (1937)
- Loewe German receiver (1932) with the famous multi-function 3NFW tube
- Tecalemit model T40 (1932) French cathedral radio. Tuned radio frequency.
- Instructions leaflet for the T40 : front and back.
- Advertising leaflet for the above mentioned T40.
- Zodiac Elysée (50ies) Pale green laquered metal and golden front grid
- Marconi Baby 41 (1951) Unusual midget radio. Black plastic with golden copper grids. Also exists in ivory plastic.
- Radialva Super Brio (1951) Very small bedside radio. Orange lizard skin painted metal (!)
- Marquett ( 50ies) Curious bedside radio with loudspeaker inside folding lid
- Radialva Super Groom (1936) AC/DC with "heating cord".
- Radialva 1936 advert (front) and ...back for the Groom and the Super Groom.
- Radialva Clips (1950) Nicely designed gold and ivory bedside radio
- Radialva Clips (1950) Advert for the above said.
- Radialva Super As (1950) Bakelite case with original red knobs.
- Emerson LW108 (1936) One of the nicest and smallest radios of the thirties.
- Emerson U4L miniature radio (1933?) with nice bakelite seign.
- Sonorette 1934 with remarkable Bakelite case.
- Beautiful advertising poster for the above mentioned Sonorette 1934.
- Gody "poste à oreilles" (1950) This expression cannot be translated ! The archetype of cheap post-war radios. Vaguely inlaid veneered cabinet with ugly ear-like columns on each side. Mirrored square dial on the right and loudspeaker on the left. Four knobs alined underneath. This kind of set is treated with derision by "serious collectors", but who knows...one day ?
- Small "poste à oreilles" no brand name a pitiful sight when found ! The same after renovation by JLF!
- Horizontal radio (ca. 1939) A typical instance of a radio without any interest, not even the "kitsch" look of the previous one !
- Bedside radio (1946) pink-bevelled-mirrored radio. A post-war kitsch masterpiece.
- SNR (Société Nouvelle de Radiophonie)Excelsior (1949) marble-like painted metal cabinet.
- The SNR Excelsior 52 as advertised on the cover of " la TSF pour tous" June 1951.
- Gnome (1950) the smallest tube radio ever made.
- Crosley type 11-117 U American radio (1950 ?) Painted Bakelite cabinet .
- Ducretet Thomson type D2923, nice bedside radio. Exists in 6 colours. The green and blue are fairly rare. Also exists in purple-red.
- Blue Ducretet Thomson type D3923 K, colonial version MW / SW only.
- Another nice bedside radio: Ducretet Thomson's type L2523 ( 50's) ivory plastic cabinet.
- Small Ducretet Thomson type L524 (50's) ivory plastic case with nice front design.
- British made Bush radio, type DAC90A (1946) high quality Bakelite cabinet.
- Small set disguised as a Circus caravan (1950 ?), unidentified constructor, but not a unique work.
- Pygmy nain (1957), a small bedside radio.
- Oceanic Albatros (1957), classical but nicely decorated.
- Beautiful Radiola set (1932) with remarkable art-deco grill-cloth.
- Clarville (1950 ?) Green Bakelite bedside radio, with elegant copper decorations.
- British made EKCO type A22 (1945) One of the masterpieces of industrial British design.
- Deutscher Kleinempfänger (1939) known as "Hitler's radio", with eagle and swastika on the front. (Close-up of this detail) This cheap radio was not very sensitive so that listeners might not be tempted to listen to foreign stations. View of the back and inside view.
- Telefunken (1938) colour advertisement.
- A superb Desmet Radio poster (1936)
- Listening to radio in bed... A revolutionary invention of the 30's
- A rare Pathé 1934 document: A 78 rpm record advertising for the new models of the year ! This record was broken in two, so I had a hard time transferring it !
- Pathé 71 (1935)Cubist design. Beautiful rosewood cabinet with copper decorations.
- Side 2 of that record is an interesting visit to the Pathé recording studios...
- Pathé 60 (1935) The little brother of the above Pathé 71, with more harmonious design. A very beautiful radio indeed !
- Another rare Pathé document of 1935 : Advertising for model 60. One of the most convincing adverts ever made. (donation of Mr. Daniel Falgoux)
- Side 2 of that record : Miscellaneous musical extracts for the Pathé 60 demo.
Transistor radios
- Wilco de luxe type ST-7 (1962) made in Japan.
- Americana type FC 60 (1964) made in Japan.
- Zenith Royal 275 (1959) made in the U.S.A.
- The back of the Zenith Royal with its sticker suggesting that Zenith is not "imported rubbish"
- Hitachi WH817 "Peggy"(Japan 1962) 8 transistors. AM + 2 SW.
- The same Hitachi WH817 in its good quality leather carrying case.
- Telefunken Partner II (1958) 6 transistors.
- A nice advert for the american Standard SR H-115 L
- Zensen "Boy's Radio" (1962) Toy radio with only 2 transistors.
- Transtronic Super 60 Jouef (1960) Radio construction set for children. This toy was the origin of many "radio vocations".
- Transkit 2000 (1960) The same as above under a different brand name. Note the remarkable "old science fiction" graphics.
- Philips Electronic Engineer (1966) Another more advanced radio and electronics construction set which was very popular until the late seventies.
- Le Jeune Radio (1960) A remarkably pedagogical box with a very documented booklet. This box includes an EF 98 low voltage valve.
- Le Radio Amateur Transistors (1960's) Contruction kit by Gégé.
- Pizon Bros Translitor Pocket (1965 ?) 6 transistors.
- Pizon Bros Translitor 750 (1961) LW, MW + 49 meters spread band 7 transistors.
- Shirt pocket Grundig radio MW only . The celebrated Grunding brand disappeared in April 2003.
- Grundig Melody Boy 500 (1973) LW MW SW FM . Elegant wood and chrome design, typical of the 70's.
- LMT Caddy 60 (1960 ?) LW and MW. 7 transistors + 2 diodes. Car antenna socket. Blue plastic case.
- Ariane transistor radio(1965 ?) in nice pink plastic case.
- The same in yellow but sold under the brand name TEVOX.
- Ducretet Thomson(1965 ?) Unusually shaped red, white and gold plastic case.
- Radialva Elegant round cornered plastic lined case.
- TED Saint Germain (1965 ?) Parisian elegance ! flat shape, red leather and gold. TED means "Technique et décoration". Have a look inside
- Optalix, model Turny Optalix was the leading brand of French transistor radios .
- Optalix, model Agnes Elegant black, white and gold design.
- Optalix, model Orly (1967) in red, ivory and gold.
- Optalix, model TO100a very common model.
- Optalix, model TO99 very common, but the orange colour is rather rare.
- Optalix, model TO79 very small in size.
- Optalix St James Auto type 5 elegant red leather and gold medium size model. Featuring a socket for car antenna...
- Optalix Studio mains and battery. Orange plastic cabinet.
- Radiola Simple wood case lined with plastic.
- Celard Microcapte (1965 ?) Elegant shape and tartan plastic covering.
- Philips "Fanette" type L1F95T (1958)
- Philips "Fanette" type L0X90T (1960)
- Philips "Fanette" type L0X91T (1965) With its simili carrying case and original box.
- Yellow Radiola same as the two Philips above, but different case design (1965 ?)
- Philips type 11RL070 (1964)
- "Micro" Russian transistor (1968) One of the first to use subminiature components. With original battery charger.
- the same in blue! (photo : Encyclopédie de l'Image et du son Gründ).
- Advertisement for the "Micro" and schematic diagram (it was in fact a tuned radio frequency circuit)
- "Micron" Russian transistor (ca 1968) black plastic case. LW and MW. Subminiature components.
- The same "Micron" Russian transistor in its jewel case with two adapters( left and right) for the earphone.
- 3 very small Russian transistors (ca 1968). Very nice design.
- COMIX Russian transistor (ca 1968) with built-in alarm clock.
- Decca British-made wall transistor Round shape and nice design.
- Coca-Cola AM radio (70 ies) shaped like a coke cap.
- Toblerone FM radio (80 ies) prismatic and tobleronoïd cabinet !
- Transistor hidden in the word RADIO 1970ies . Masterpiece of minimal art !
- Cubical transistor radio Barclay brand (made in France) yellow plastic, no knobs (60's) On/Off and 2 preset stations on LW depending on position of the cube. Very clever system using 3 mercury contactors.
- Donald Duck Radio Walt Disney productions Singapore 70ies. With original box.
- Blabber Mouth™ radio (Hong Kong 1985) Hilarious novelty radio : the mouth moves following the rythm of speech ! Animated demo (mpeg file)
- Marilyn Radio (by Cicena) made in China (1990's). Remarkable transparent "cathedral" radio with blue and pink neons blinking with the music. Stereo FM + AM bands.
Miscellaneous
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