U.S. Radio model 19B

[Captainclock]

The company that made your radio was based out of Marion, Indiana I know because I have a 1932 U.S. Gloritone Cathedral Radio that was made by The U.S. Radio and Television Co. of Marion, Indiana, and my radio too had been meticulously restored electrically but then apparently whoever did the restoration work decided they would try to carry the radio by the top of the cabinet and put their fingers through the speaker and the grille cloth so I had to patch the speaker using watered down elmers glue and coffee filters and then now I am going to try and refinish the cabinet and hunt down some new grille cloth to install in the cabinet, put it back together again and then use it to listen to some radio on.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by Captainclock

The company that made your radio was based out of Marion, Indiana I know because I have a 1932 U.S. Gloritone Cathedral Radio that was made by The U.S. Radio and Television Co. of Marion, Indiana, and my radio too had been meticulously restored electrically but then apparently whoever did the restoration work decided they would try to carry the radio by the top of the cabinet and put their fingers through the speaker and the grille cloth so I had to patch the speaker using watered down elmers glue and coffee filters and then now I am going to try and refinish the cabinet and hunt down some new grille cloth to install in the cabinet, put it back together again and then use it to listen to some radio on.

Thanks for the info. This radio was a customer's and has since gone back to its owner and cabinet. It sure wasn't like the Philco-RCA types Im used to.
I found the variable AVC or "Q" control very unique and it was interesting to dial around at night with the 125 ft outdoor wire connected.
The speakers were made by Utah corp, so I had assumed the radio was one of many makes built in Chicago.

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

Thanks for the info. This radio was a customer's and has since gone back to its owner and cabinet. It sure wasn't like the Philco-RCA types Im used to.
I found the variable AVC or "Q" control very unique and it was interesting to dial around at night with the 125 ft outdoor wire connected.
The speakers were made by Utah corp, so I had assumed the radio was one of many makes built in Chicago.

Mine had a Utah Speaker in it as well and nope it was made in Marion, Indiana The volume control Knob in these radios is actually made by CTS here in Elkhart, indiana which was another dead give away that it was an Indiana based company that made the radio, they sourced the Speaker from Utah because it was the only company at the time that made speakers for companies who didn't make their own inhouse speakers like RCA or Philco did, and actually it makes perfectly good sense that an Indiana company would use Utah for its speakers because Utah Eventually moved to Huntington, Indiana from Chicago.