{"id":790,"date":"2017-02-12T20:40:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostlacquer.site\/?page_id=790"},"modified":"2017-02-12T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T20:40:57","slug":"1931a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philcoradio.com\/gallery2\/1931a\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan-Mar 1931"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philco for 1931 (introduced January 1931, with some changes in March 1931)<\/h2>\n

<\/span>Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n

For the new year of 1931, many changes were made to the Philco line\u00adup. Mod\u00adel 41 and the Con\u00adcert Grand were dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adued. Most ver\u00adsions of Mod\u00adels 30 and 77 remained in the line except for the Mod\u00adel 30 high\u00adboy and the Mod\u00adel 77 table mod\u00adel. Some changes were made to the cathe\u00addral and con\u00adsole ver\u00adsions of the Mod\u00adel 20. Mod\u00adels 96 and 296 also remained available.<\/p>\n

The big news in the New Year of 1931 was Super\u00adhetero\u00addyne. The Super\u00adhetero\u00addyne cir\u00adcuit had been devel\u00adoped by one of radio's great\u00adest inven\u00adtors, Major Edwin Howard Arm\u00adstrong. Through\u00adout the 1920s, the Radio Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion of Amer\u00adi\u00adca (RCA<\/span>) had com\u00adplete con\u00adtrol over the super\u00adhetero\u00addyne patent, refus\u00ading to license oth\u00ader man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders to use this supe\u00adri\u00ador cir\u00adcuit. Fol\u00adlow\u00ading a 1930 law\u00adsuit, how\u00adev\u00ader, RCA<\/span> began to license oth\u00ader radio mak\u00aders to use the circuit.<\/p>\n

Philco's first super\u00adhetero\u00addyne, Mod\u00adel 111, was intro\u00adduced to the pub\u00adlic in Jan\u00adu\u00adary 1931. With 11 tubes, AVC<\/span> and a local-dis\u00adtance switch, this was tru\u00adly a super-deluxe set in its time; espe\u00adcial\u00adly the Mod\u00adel 211 radio-phono\u00adgraph ver\u00adsion with its Cape\u00adhart auto\u00admat\u00adic record changer.<\/p>\n

Speak\u00ading of radio-phono\u00adgraphs, Philco added anoth\u00ader radio-phono\u00adgraph com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion on the low\u00ader end of the line\u00adup, using the Mod\u00adel 20 chassis.<\/p>\n

In March 1931, Mod\u00adel 20 was dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adued and replaced with Mod\u00adel 21, which con\u00adsist\u00aded of a slight\u00adly revised chas\u00adsis using two Type 45 out\u00adput tubes in place of the 71A<\/span> tubes used in Mod\u00adel 20. The new set was avail\u00adable in a com\u00adplete\u00adly new Baby Grand cab\u00adi\u00adnet which was the fore\u00adrun\u00adner of the pop\u00adu\u00adlar Mod\u00adel 70 and 90 Baby Grand mod\u00adels which would fol\u00adlow a few months lat\u00ader. Philco also intro\u00adduced a new DC-only set, Mod\u00adel 46, which was sim\u00adi\u00adlar in cir\u00adcuit\u00adry to Mod\u00adel 20 and also housed in the new Baby Grand cabinet.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Model Index<\/span><\/h3>\n

The fol\u00adlow\u00ading 1930 mod\u00adels were dis\u00adcon\u00adtin\u00adued: 20 Baby Grand, 20 Con\u00adsole, 30 High\u00adboy, 77 Con\u00adsole, Con\u00adcert Grand. Mod\u00adel 96 and Mod\u00adel 30 low\u00adboy remained in the Philco lineup.<\/p>\n

Click on a thumb\u00adnail to see infor\u00adma\u00adtion and pho\u00adtos for each model:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jan\u00adu\u00adary 1931<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n20 Revised<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nBaby Grand Con\u00adsole (20)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n111 Low\u00adboy<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n111 High\u00adboy<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n211 Radio-Phono\u00adgraph<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n220 Radio-Phono\u00adgraph (Ear\u00adly version)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n220 Radio-Phono\u00adgraph (Late version)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

March 1931<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBaby Grand (21 &<\/span> 46)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nBaby Grand Con\u00adsole (21 &<\/span> 46)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span>Models<\/span><\/h2>\n

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<\/span>January 1931<\/span><\/h3>\n


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<\/span>Model 20 Revised<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A quilt\u00aded maple front arch, columns on either side of the low\u00ader front pan\u00adel, and dif\u00adfer\u00adent bot\u00adtom mold\u00ading were added to the basic Baby Grand cab\u00adi\u00adnet, giv\u00ading it a classier appear\u00adance at no increase in price. This mod\u00adel is wide\u00adly known among col\u00adlec\u00adtors today as the Mod\u00adel 20 Deluxe.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $49.50<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 343,903 (Note: This fig\u00adure includes August 1930 Mod\u00adel 20 Orig\u00adi\u00adnal or Plain)<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Baby Grand Console (Model 20)<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Baby<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

A revi\u00adsion of the orig\u00adi\u00adnal, adding a fan\u00adcy cutout grille in place of the plain grille open\u00ading of the ear\u00adly version.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $69.50<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 16,500 (Note: Fig\u00adure includes pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of March 1931 Mod\u00adel 21 &<\/span> 46 consoles)<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Model 111 Lowboy<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

The entry-lev\u00adel Super\u00adhetero\u00addyne-Plus was housed in the June 1930 Low\u00adboy cabinet.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: Unknown<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 130,504 (Note: Fig\u00adure includes pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of June 1930 Mod\u00adels 30, 41, 77 &<\/span> 96 lowboys)<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Model 111 Highboy<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A new High\u00adboy was designed for the 111. Dou\u00adble doors make their return on a Philco high\u00adboy for the first time since late 1929-ear\u00adly 1930.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $155<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 23,440<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Model 211 Radio-Phonograph<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The suc\u00adces\u00adsor to the Con\u00adcert Grand was cheap\u00ader than the Grand but still offered more for the mon\u00adey, includ\u00ading the new 11-tube Super\u00adhetero\u00addyne-Plus chas\u00adsis and a Cape\u00adhart auto\u00admat\u00adic record chang\u00ader. This mod\u00adel sold much bet\u00adter than the Con\u00adcert Grand, yet is near\u00adly as hard to find today as is the Grand.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $272<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 2,780<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Model 220 Radio-Phonograph (Early version)<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

A \"Baby Grand Com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion\" was made by cou\u00adpling a sin\u00adgle play 78 rpm phono\u00adgraph with a Mod\u00adel 20 chas\u00adsis in a small\u00adish cabinet.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $99.50<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 2,000<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Model 220 Radio-Phonograph (Late version)<\/span><\/h4>\n
\n\"Model<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

The ear\u00adly 220 radio-phono\u00adgraph was only in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion for 39 days before being replaced by this ver\u00adsion. While more exam\u00adples of the new\u00ader 220 were pro\u00adduced, it is also dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to find.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $99.50<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 11,500<\/p>\n

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<\/span>March 1931<\/span><\/h3>\n


\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Baby Grand (Models 21 &<\/span> 46)<\/h4>\n
\n\"Baby<\/a>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Baby<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The first ver\u00adsion of the clas\u00adsic Baby Grand style of cab\u00adi\u00adnet, which is high\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized and sought after.<\/p>\n

Mod\u00adel 21 was a revi\u00adsion of Mod\u00adel 20; it used Type 45 out\u00adput tubes instead of the 71A<\/span> audio out\u00adput tubes used in Mod\u00adel 20. How\u00adev\u00ader, very ear\u00adly pro\u00adduc\u00adtion sets using the new 21 cab\u00adi\u00adnet used Mod\u00adel 20 chassis.<\/p>\n

Mod\u00adel 46 was designed to oper\u00adate on 110 volts, direct cur\u00adrent (DC<\/span>) only.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $49.50 (Mod\u00adel 21), $60.95 (Mod\u00adel 46)<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 288,620 (Note: Fig\u00adure includes pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of June 1931 Mod\u00adels 35 &<\/span> 70 Baby Grands, as well as the ear\u00adly ver\u00adsion of Fall 1931 Mod\u00adel 50 Baby Grand)<\/p>\n

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Baby Grand Console (Models 21 &<\/span> 46)<\/h4>\n
\n\"Baby<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion is rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of both Mod\u00adels 21 and 46 con\u00adsoles, as both are iden\u00adti\u00adcal in appearance.<\/p>\n

The Mod\u00adel 20 chas\u00adsis and speak\u00ader was also used in this very com\u00adpact floor mod\u00adel cab\u00adi\u00adnet, which made a \"fur\u00adni\u00adture\" mod\u00adel radio affordable.<\/p>\n

Orig\u00adi\u00adnal sell\u00ading price: $69.50 (Mod\u00adels 21 &<\/span> 46)<\/p>\n

Num\u00adber made: 70,000 (Note: Fig\u00adure includes pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of Jan\u00adu\u00adary 1931 Mod\u00adel 20 Console)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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