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Atwater Kent Model 55C Radio in Kiel Table (1929)
| I found this model 55C Kiel table radio in an antiques store a couple of towns over, early on in my collecting days. I didn't realize it was a radio until the owner of the store pointed it out to me. Back in the era when this was first sold, furniture makers would offer cabinets to accommodate the chassis of popular radios of the day and the Kiel Company of Milwaukee was one of them. They provided this table for the AK model 60 as well as the model 55. See an original ad here from Fri Aug 30th, 1929. |
A drop-down door at the
front of the radio conceals
the operating controls,
tuning dial and indicator
light. The table actually
has just a cut-out behind
which sits the faceplate of
the AK radio inside.
front of the radio conceals
the operating controls,
tuning dial and indicator
light. The table actually
has just a cut-out behind
which sits the faceplate of
the AK radio inside.
The control knobs are, left
to right, local/distant,
tuning and volume. The
toggle switch turns the
radio on and off. The small
round window at the upper
right covers the indicator
lamp. Like most radios of
the day, the dial is marked
in a graduated scale from
1-100 rather than showing
the frequency
to right, local/distant,
tuning and volume. The
toggle switch turns the
radio on and off. The small
round window at the upper
right covers the indicator
lamp. Like most radios of
the day, the dial is marked
in a graduated scale from
1-100 rather than showing
the frequency
The top of the radio lifts up
to show the internal chassis
and loudspeaker.
It is a TRF design that
covers the standard
broadcast band and has
7-tubes:- 2*45 (push-pull
output), (27 driver), 27 (2nd
detector), 24*2 (radio
frequency amplifiers), 80
(rectifier).
A 10" (inner cone
dimension) electrodynamic
loudspeaker is used, AK
type F-4.
to show the internal chassis
and loudspeaker.
It is a TRF design that
covers the standard
broadcast band and has
7-tubes:- 2*45 (push-pull
output), (27 driver), 27 (2nd
detector), 24*2 (radio
frequency amplifiers), 80
(rectifier).
A 10" (inner cone
dimension) electrodynamic
loudspeaker is used, AK
type F-4.
This photo shows a closer
view of the innards of the
table. Notice the hangers
on the loudspeaker. This
loudspeaker as sold by
Atwater kent would have
been made for suspending
inside a standard radio
cabinet. Note also the
standard radio's line cord
coiled loosely inside and
plugged into a socket fed
by a cable that runs out
through the rear right table
leg. Antenna and ground
are fed through the rear
left leg.
view of the innards of the
table. Notice the hangers
on the loudspeaker. This
loudspeaker as sold by
Atwater kent would have
been made for suspending
inside a standard radio
cabinet. Note also the
standard radio's line cord
coiled loosely inside and
plugged into a socket fed
by a cable that runs out
through the rear right table
leg. Antenna and ground
are fed through the rear
left leg.
Mark of the Kiel Furniture
Co. of Milwaukee.
Co. of Milwaukee.
This photo shows the base of
the rear right leg where power
is connected to the radio.
the rear right leg where power
is connected to the radio.
...Atwater Kent - The Radio With The Golden Voice
Atwater Kent 55C in Kiel Table ...the radio that "looks like a table - it is a table"
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