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Post by elorens on Jun 27, 2023 23:35:50 GMT 12
Can anyone date this speaker, please? My best guess (and only a guess) is 1957, since it came with the Pacemaker Transportable from the same year.  |
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Post by Steve on Jun 27, 2023 23:44:13 GMT 12
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Post by elorens on Jun 27, 2023 23:51:09 GMT 12
That is odd. It certainly looks to be an identical box, but the whole thing appears to be professionally made, including the disc with the name on it. Maybe an inter-company deal? If the Philips was 1959, then perhaps this was the date of the speaker too. I wasn’t far out! |
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Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 0:07:40 GMT 12
Actually it could have been a bulk purchase. Philips did sell those cabinets - I have a kitset 'build a radio' booklet based in that case... and I seem to recall a radio by a Rangiora radio shop in that cabinet as well... I'll see if I can find that, just out of interest.
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Post by trombone on Jun 28, 2023 13:03:39 GMT 12
Hi Steve, I have an incomplete set of plastic parts the same as this (front , several backs,small grilles ) and a dial printed on aluminium sheet seemingly part of a kitset radio.
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Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 13:05:38 GMT 12
Interesting - I'll see if I can find the kitset book, I wonder if they belong together?
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Post by elorens on Jun 28, 2023 21:23:45 GMT 12
Interesting - I'll see if I can find the kitset book, I wonder if they belong together? Here’s an image of the back. It has what appears to be a price label for £3 19s 6d, which if correct suggests it was just a speaker, not a complete radio. But the back also has a couple of interesting holes at the bottom, suggesting they were allowing for possible mains leads, perhaps. It would be nice if someone could find an ad for these extension speakers, from the late 1950s.  |
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Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 22:07:09 GMT 12
Thats a genuine Philips back, with Philips screws as well... so I can only imagine Philips imported too many of them. What an interesting use for one - I wonder how many people recognised them back in the day?
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Post by Steve on Aug 13, 2023 21:23:55 GMT 12
Hi Steve, I have an incomplete set of plastic parts the same as this (front , several backs,small grilles ) and a dial printed on aluminium sheet seemingly part of a kitset radio.   Hi David - while cleaning my office today I found the kitset book - is this the dial and case you have? If so, perhaps this book belongs in your shed rather than mine  And Lawrence - the fact that this exists probably proves Philips had a surplus of these cabinets - so using one as an extension speaker makes sense... sort of. Cheers, Steve |
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