This copy is copied in the 50s with the French radio Excelsior. Model 1954 Radio “Star-54″ developed by the Institute of Broadcasting Reception and Acoustics (IRPA) MRTP USSR. It has a very unusual attractive appearance, which was considered the limit of perfection the designers of the time. Intermediate frequency 465 kHz. The range of sound frequencies of 150… Power from the power supply 110, 127 or 220 volts. Power consumption 60 watts. Receiver Dimensions: Length: 570 Width: 250 Height: 400 mm. Radio Network tube “Star-54″ by II-quarter 1954 released Kharkov Kommunar plant and the Moscow plant Mospribor. Release the radio was quite a significant event in the mid-fifties in the USSR. The receiver does not fit into the usual line of models dull and gray receivers and gramophones in a wooden case, as twins similar to each other and do not change in registration over the years. The media mainly in newspaper and magazine publications in those years very effectively describes the appearance of the radio “Star-54″ as a huge breakthrough in the ornamental design is all the rage, which gave people hope for the coming of a new, bright life. Radio “Star-54″ in their external design a complete copy of the French radio receiver “the Excelsior-52″ release in 1952. Just not established how the French receiver hit the IRPA. According to some reports it as a gift brought diplomats who visited France in 1952, on the independence of Austria. Another bar pertaining to the production of radio receiver: B postwar years government CCCR was decided for the release of defense enterprises of the USSR, along with special products and consumer goods and products. Under this B c c 1952 All-Union Scientific Research Institute of broadcast reception and acoustics AS Popov, abbreviated “IRPA”, together with the plant” Communard” (Kharkiv, Ukraine) started the development and preparation of the conveyor, for serial production the radio” Star-54”. In 1954, production was transferred to the receiver in parallel and to the plant Mospribor (former Motovelo). B the third quarter of 1954 was upgraded radio. Modernization kasnulis chassis model, which was a vertical, to facilitate production processes and expand the color gamut of the case (red and green and other colors were not). More and model produced from 1954 to 1959, the two plants were produced 674,000 receivers’ Zvezda-54”. The item “Vintage russian soviet USSR tube radio ZVEZDA 54 analog french SNR EXCELSIOR” is in sale since Sunday, May 28, 2017. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Radios”. The seller is “sellerdioma” and is located in Ukraine. This item can be shipped worldwide.