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In austere, symmetrically
constructed
walnut
Bakelite
cabinet with two
small bulges
on the sides.
Equipped with five
tubes.
Illuminated
scales.
The radio receives
long
wave (1000-2000 m)
and
medium wave (200-550 m).
An extra loudspeaker and a gramophone can be connected
at the back. |
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The intermediate frequency is 110
kc/s. |
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The controls from left to right:
wavelength/gramophone switch, tuning (with the local/distance
switch below), on/off and volume control. |
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The dial
cords - made of conductive material - carry the current
to the bulbs that illuminate the scale while tuning.
Only the bulb for the waveband in use is lit.
The
engraved
celluloid
scales could be
replaced
by new ones,
when
new
radio stations were
put into operation. |
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The radio was made in three
versions: the AC receiver AC74, the
DC receiver DC74 and the battery operated receiver B74.
There is also a black/chrome version. Radiograms
appeared in 1934. |
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The original price was
£13
13s (£14
14s for the black and chrome model). |
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The design is by Serge Ivan Chermayeff
(his own name was Sergius Ivanovich Issakovitch,
1900-1996).
This Russian-born designer
and
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architect
designed three
radios for
Ekco: the
AC74 (1933), the AC86
(1935) and
AC77 (1936).
He stayed in The Netherlands for a
while, where he met architect Willem Dudok. One of his
most important architectural
designs is the
"De La
Warr
Pavilion" in Bexhill,
Sussex (below),
which he designed
together with
architect Erich
Mendelsohn.
The stunning modernist
building was opened
in 1935.
Chermayeff moved
to the United
States in 1940, where he began
teaching. |
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The De La Warr Pavilion in
Bexhill, designed by Serge Chermayeff and Erich
Mendelsohn |
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