Tube Radio Vintage

This listing is for a radio my inlaws had in their possession many years. It has been used as a decoration and I have never turned on and now we are downsizing and now this antique has to go. It was made in the 1930′s and is a large size cathedral made by Echophone and is a model S4 Bantam. It is in need of restoration and would be a good project for the professional radio restorer or if you never want to turn it on, it makes a very nice antique decoration. Take a look at the photos as this is what you will be receiving. There are visible chips on the front of the wood case and the inside is very dirty from age but it looks complete except for a tube shield. The speaker grill has holes and tears and the speaker looks like it had a repair with a piece of tape. I wanted to take a picture under the chassis but the front knob was not wanting to come off and so I would presume the wiring is in need of capacitor replacement, etc. In addition, radios like this one manufactured in the 1930′s, would not meet today’s safety standards. As in the case of this radio, the rear compartment was designed without a back and therefore high voltage components are exposed, etc, etc, etc. Here is some information I found on the web regarding this model radio. The Echophone model S4 is a 6-tube ac-powered TRF rec- eiver that tunes the standard broadcast band. It continued the Echophone company’s pioneering line of compact “Bantam” sets that debuted a year or so earlier. They were amongst the very first such sets offered to the public, appearing in the marketplace some while before even the ubiquitous Philco 20, one of the most famous of all such radios. Compacts were so named because they combined loudspeaker and electronics into one table-top cabinet that was considerably smaller than the normal sets of the day. In fact, by 1934 Echophone was out of business and its assets were acquired by Hallicrafters. This seems to be an all- too-often told story – that of a group of innovators who con- ceive of a revolutionary new product, only to watch their idea turn into a runaway commercial success in the hands of others. Echophone promoted the Bantam by describing it as “the new idea in radio”. A selection of extracts from 1930 newspaper advertising may be found lower down on this page. Hallicrafters went on to produce affordable home and HAM equipment right through to the late 50′s, practically the end of the tube radio era. Technical Details The S4′s 6-tube chassis used three of the latest screen grid types, the line-up being 24+24 (2 stages of RF amplification), 24 (2nd detector), 27 (1st af), 45 (af power amp) & 80 (rect- ifier). The schematic is here, courtesy of NostalgiaAir. Tuning is by means of a thumbwheel, with the dial scale graduated from 0 to 100. The lower knob on the front panel controls the volume, using a potentiometer located in the antenna circuit (there is no AVC). The on/off switch is at the rear of the chassis and as was the case with most early sets, it was not combined with any other function; it would be a year or two before this switch would be almost universally combin- ed with either the volume or tone control. The set uses an electro-dynamic loudspeaker that was manufactured by Jensen. There are three connectors at the rear of the chassis, one for ground, one for a “short antenna” and the third for a “long antenna”. Curiously, the only difference between the two ant- enna inputs is that the “long” one inserts a 0.0001uF series capacitor. The idea behind this “short” and “long” different- iation is unclear. The new radio that… As a mantel clock, compact as a watch.. Yet a truly fine radio. So you can carry it from room to room, plug it in anywhere you are… This is the NEW idea in radio. ” “It is ALL-IN-ONE – No larger than a loud speaker – No heavier than a suitcase. Best of all, it is not an ORPHAN – it is the creation of one of the finest radio factories in America. New and reliable in every detail” “It had to come…. NOW it is here… This amazing new radio… Built for the limited quarters and thrifty budgets of the modern home… Small as a mantel clock… Portable as a reading lamp… A miniature in every essential – and yet a radio built so fine that it brings in distance with the glorious tone you would hear from a front row seat. ” “You can move it with one hand wherever you go – and just plug it into any light socket wherever you are. Take it from sunroom to bedroom or bath… Take it to the office or hospital room… Take it travelling with you.. The item “Vintage 1930′s Echophone S-4 Bantam Cathedral Radio, Unrestored & Untested” is in sale since Sunday, July 09, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “deanbers” and is located in Laguna Hills, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia.