Philco Model 60B Baby Grand 2nd style (January 1934)
This is the second style of the Philco model 60 Baby Grand
(60B). It was introduced in January of 1934 with a sales price of
$29.50, just $2 higher than the introductory price of the first
version. Although the cabinet received a complete redesign, the
chassis was basically unchanged.
This cabinet has a similar theme to both the 60MB tombstone
and the 84B Baby Grand cathedral, introduced at the same time.
It was offered until June of 1934 when it was superseded by the
third version, introduced for the 1935 model season. For
whatever reason, this seems to be the least often seen of the
60B basic styles, in spite of some 57,500 having been produced
(ref: philcoradio.com). For a discourse on the evolution of the
60B series of cathedral radios, see my Philco 60B lineage page.
Although the early advertising I've seen depicts this radio as
using Rosette style knobs - like those on mine in the photo to the
right, I have also encountered it sporting Philco's new-for-1934
hex knobs and I therefore cannot help but wonder whether the
set came from the factory with either. Note that the upper tuning
knob in the photograph should, I believe, be the larger diameter
rosette rather than the one shown.
The model 60 is a 5-tube ac-powered superheterodyne covering
the standard broadcast band from 530-1500kc and short-wave
from 1500-4000kc. The tube line-up is 6A7 (mixer/LO), 78 (IF),
75 (2nd detector/AVC/1st AF), 42 (AF output), 80 rectifier.
(60B). It was introduced in January of 1934 with a sales price of
$29.50, just $2 higher than the introductory price of the first
version. Although the cabinet received a complete redesign, the
chassis was basically unchanged.
This cabinet has a similar theme to both the 60MB tombstone
and the 84B Baby Grand cathedral, introduced at the same time.
It was offered until June of 1934 when it was superseded by the
third version, introduced for the 1935 model season. For
whatever reason, this seems to be the least often seen of the
60B basic styles, in spite of some 57,500 having been produced
(ref: philcoradio.com). For a discourse on the evolution of the
60B series of cathedral radios, see my Philco 60B lineage page.
Although the early advertising I've seen depicts this radio as
using Rosette style knobs - like those on mine in the photo to the
right, I have also encountered it sporting Philco's new-for-1934
hex knobs and I therefore cannot help but wonder whether the
set came from the factory with either. Note that the upper tuning
knob in the photograph should, I believe, be the larger diameter
rosette rather than the one shown.
The model 60 is a 5-tube ac-powered superheterodyne covering
the standard broadcast band from 530-1500kc and short-wave
from 1500-4000kc. The tube line-up is 6A7 (mixer/LO), 78 (IF),
75 (2nd detector/AVC/1st AF), 42 (AF output), 80 rectifier.
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