Speakers were available in a Model A and Model B style. Model 5KR0, Model 5NC8, Model 15, Model 20, Model 21, and Model 22 were also consoles. Models 10 was available as a console in the 1920s/1930s. Tabletop radios included Model 5KR (1927), Model AC-10 (cathedral, 1930s), 11(tombstone, 1932), Model 12, Model 1589 (end table), and Model 2580. The Brunswick International table radio dates from 1933. Consulting manufacturers' catalogs and pictorial identification guides is critical in determining if a radio is consistent with how it came off the assembly line.īecause Brunswick radios were made for such a short time, the number of models is limited. The same mechanism is often found in a variety of cabinet designs. Radio manufacturers offered dozens of different models.
It must be playable (although tubes and some electronics can be replaced), and in very good or better condition. Cabinets divide into consoles (upright radio), tabletop radio, and entertainment center (radio combined with a record player or another electronic device).įor a radio to be considered complete, it must be housed in its period cabinet. It requires a high level of expertise to determine the precise classification into which a radio belongs.Ī radio divides into components, primarily (1) the cabinet or covering housing the radio mechanism, (2) the radio mechanism, and (3) the power source. Like antique vehicles, radios can be divided into five classifications: (1) parts radios with the only value being salvageable tubes and other parts (2) restorable radios (3) playable radios (4) amateur restoration radios, and (5) professionally restored radios. The manufacturer of Brunswick radios ended around 1940. Warner Brothers continued to build the radio but contracted with outside manufacturers for the chassis. Warner Brothers closed theĭubuque plant in December 1931. In 1930, Brunswick-Blake-Collender sold its record and radio business to Warner Brothers. The Bremer Tully plant made radios marketed under the Brunswick brand. They contracted with RCA and Stewart-Warner to make combination phonograph and radio consoles marketed under the Panatropes brand.Īround 1928-1929, Brunswick-Balke-Collender purchased Bremer Tully in Chicago. In the 1920s, the company entered the phonograph and record business. In 1916, Brunswick-Balke-Collender started making phonographs and developed a record label to support them. The production of phonograph cabinets grew. In 1914, Brunswick-Balke-Collender received a contract from the Edition Diamond Disc Phonography Company for cabinets. In 1911, a new plant was built in Dubuque, Iowa. The product line was expanded to include front and back bars. Initially, the company made billiard equipment. Brunswick, a Chicago-based company, joined with several rivals in 1884 to create The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.
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