Elongated
model
in Art Deco style. Polished walnut cabinet with
sawn ornaments, Bakelite
knobs and Bakelite edge around the celluloid wavelength scale. Metal pointer. A different part of thescaleis
illuminated by coloured lamps for every
selected wavelength.
The knobs from
left to right: on/off/tone control, volume
control, wave length switch. The tuning knob is
in the middle.
The radio is
equipped with two loudspeakers with field
exitation: one with the exitation coil in
series, and one with the coil in parallel.
Loudspeaker diameter 22 cm.
At the rear are the antenna
and earth connections, and a
gramophone connection.
Receives short wave
(30-80 meters), medium
wave (180-600 meters) and long wave (800-2000 meters). The
intermediate frequency is 110 kHz. Most of the
coils of the radio
are contained in two rotating coils drums.
These drums rotate past a number of contacts
when the
wavelength
switch is turned.The
intermediate frequency coils
are located below
the two drums.
An
elegant matching bentwood
table could be supplied as well for Bfr 360. The
price of a table for the smaller version of the
radio, shown on the right, was Bfr 350.
DavidRousselhaspainstakingly
recreatedthese
tables, a laborious and
complex process, requiringspecialmolds. I
now own one of these tables.
It seems that the type numbers of
Rubis radios were issued per season. The first
digit indicates the year. Type numbers 53, 55
and 56 are from the year 1935 and the first
models of the radio presented here appear
(so far as is
now known now) in 1936 as type
60, 62 and 63. The differences between these
radios are described below with reference to the
later models 70, 72 and 73
from 1937.
License plate and serial number
Connections for earth, antenna and
gramophone
Type 60 or 70 on a matching
table
There are two
main
types of this receiver, a large model (types 72
and 73) and a somewhat smaller model (type 70).
The smaller model
has a width of 60cm, 5 tubes and
two 16 cm loudspeakers.
The large models, type 72
and 73,
have a width of 80 cm and two 22 cm loudspeakers. Type
72 is equipped with 5 tubes, type
73 has 6 tubes. In addition,
there was the 72AP with a frame
antenna and the72CAP,the DCversionof the 72AP.
The original price of model 72 was
Bfr 2600. (Information from a
brochure for the season 1937).
Listen to "52nd
Street",
by Fud Candrix et son Orchestre.
Bass: Camille Marchand, Clarinet: Bobby Naret, Jo Magis,
Drums: Armant "Art" Dralandts, Guitar: Reggie Denys,
Piano: Raymond "Coco" Colignon, Saxophone [Alto]: Bobby
Naret, Jo Magis, Trombone: Nick Frérar, Trumpet: Georges
Clais, Roger Doneux, Vocals: Wally
Sluyzer. Recorded in Brussels on
November 25th, 1937.
The back of the radio
The radio on
its matching table
Top view of the chassis
Behind the three shielded valves on
the left are two coil drums, containing most of the
coils of the radio.
These drums rotate past a number of contacts when the
wavelength
switch is turned.
Under-chassis view
The inside of one of the coil drums, showing 4
coils, a 20 nF capacitor and a 10 k resistor
Powdered-iron
dust core in one of the coils
Coloured lamps illuminate the station scale while switching
between short wave, long wave and medium wave. With the switch
in the position "gramophone" the whole scale is illuminated.
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