In a simple wooden box with lid.The front is made of plywood.At the top left are the connections for
antenna and earth, at the top in the middle the crystal,
in addition two connections for a jumper or a coil.In the middle coarse and fine tuning with
brass contacts. Below are the
connections for the earphones (2 x Brunet, 500 ohms).The earphones can be
stored in a compartment on the left. Specially made for
Radio-Phono (Le Magasin Noir & Blanc), 67, boulevard
Maurice Lemonnier in Brussels.
The
Radio-Phono shop "Noir & Blanc" on the
boulevard Maurice Lemonnier 67 in Brussels
around 1936
In the lid, next to a coloured image of a
singing canary bird, are the operation instructions for the
receiver,
with the heading: Le "Canari": Chante, amuse et instruit!
(Sings, entertains and educates!).
On November 24, 1923, the first
transmissions of Radio-Belgique (then called Radio Bruxelles) started
on 420 meters.
Many people gladly wanted to hear these transmissions, so the
sale of radios went up.
The Canari came on the
market immediately after the first radio broadcasts in
November.
The price of the first
model in a simple wooden box, complete with antenna, two
insulators and a single headphone was Bfr 105, -.A little later the price dropped and
the receiver became available in various models.The price of the above model became Bfr
87.50.The same combination in
a more expensive box made of walnut or mahogany and
ebonite front: Bfr 117.50.In addition, an even
more luxurious version was made, also in walnut or
mahogany and ebonite front with variable capacitor and
exchangeable honeycomb coils (but without headphones)
for Bfr 150, -.
To be able to listen to the crystal
receiver using a loudspeaker, an amplifier with the name "Ténor"
could be ordered.
There was also a "Ténor" with built-in
crystal detector.The
price of this combination was BFR 545,-. One then got the
amplifier, two lamps, dry batteries and an antenna. An accumulator was not
needed. Complete with a Ducretet
loudspeaker the price was 595 Bfr and with a Lumière
loudspeaker Bfr 925, -.
The receiver was made unil 1926
Data
Serial number:
none
Dimensions (h×w×d):
10.5 × 25 × 14.5 cm
Made in:
± 1924
Purchased
in:
2018
What was broadcast in 1925?
Listen to "Valse" by
The Excellos Five, a group of Belgian and Dutch
musicians, Louis de Vries (tp),
Henri van den Bossche (tb), Alphonse van Asbroek (cl,
s), Joop de Leur (p), Bob Kierberg (dr, ld),
recorded in
Berlin in 1925
Top view of the front
A look inside
The closed box
Advertisement for the Canari crystal receiver
Advertisement for the Ténor amplifier and
other Radio-Phono products
Advertisement in newspaper
"Le Soir" of December 11, 1923
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