Rca victor radio 1950s
Toscanini conducted ten concerts that first season, making his NBC debut on December 25, 1937. The orchestra's first broadcast concert aired on November 13, 1937, under the direction of Monteux. NBC Symphony Orchestra playing Verdi's Inno delle nazioni It serves their interests best when it serves the public best." That Christmas night, and whenever the NBC orchestra played over the next 17 years, he was right. "The National Broadcasting Company is an American business organization. On Christmas night, 1937, the NBC Symphony Orchestra gave its first performance with Toscanini in an entirely refurbished studio at NBC located in the RCA Building. Toscanini had recently resigned from the New York Philharmonic and was considering retirement Sarnoff sent Samuel Chotzinoff as an emissary to Italy and he managed to convince the wary Toscanini to accept Sarnoff's offer. Sarnoff proposed to create a radio orchestra and hire Arturo Toscanini to conduct it.
By 1937, RCA had recovered enough from the effects of the Depression for it to make a dramatic commitment to cultural programming. I found a few of the record changers for sale but that's it.Tom Lewis, in the Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, described NBC's plan for cultural programming and the origin of the NBC Symphony:ĭavid Sarnoff, who had first proposed the "radio music box" in 1916 so that listeners might enjoy "concerts, lectures, music, recitals," felt that the medium was failing to do this. I can't find much about this machine on the internet. I know the issue isn't the amp because i plugged a different record player into the spot and the sound works good. And the changer won't give me sound but there's an obvious broken wire just behind the cartridge that i'm gonna try to fix soon. The Radio works fine, although there's a slight hum. Along with "Phono" and "Radio" there is also a "TV" option on the main switch. The left drawer slides out to reveal the record changer and the right drawer actually doesn't slide out but just tips forward to reveals the amp and radio controls. Instead of the usual lid that flips open on top it has 2 drawers on the front, so it looks like a desk sort of. This unit is a bit different in the way the electronics are laid out, which is why it caught my eye. If for some reason you can't get the video to work here's a brief description for you. I DID however make a video and post it on my YouTube account. I tried to post pictures by my login info wouldn't work in the gallery so I have no pictures. Made in England for Radio Corporation of America by Collaro Ltd." I guess in the United States RCA Victor made their own players but this is different.) There's a metal tag sticking out underneath that says: The record changer is made by Collaro (I was told this is because it's Canadian, I live in Alberta. Says "RCA Victor Radio" and there's a little schematic. The sticker inside for the radio has the same model number on it. The Sticker on the back of the unit says: It's a 1950s RCA Victor "New Orthophonic High Fidelity" record player/AM radio. I'm trying to determine if it's a relatively rare machine and if so I'm gonna try to keep it. However I am now moving to a city, and likely an apartment, that's an 8 hour drive away and this machine is on my list of "do I or don't I keep it" things. Last summer I aquired a 1950s RCA Victor record player/AM radio console that seemed like a good candidate for a restoration.