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Pathe "Westminster" Loud Speaker
Late 1920s
Pathe Phono & Radio Co.
20 Grand Ave.,
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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The
Pathe "Westminster" cone speaker is unusual in that it's one of the few
speakers, from the 1920s, to be illuminated. This is accomplished by
two small colored light bulbs mounted one above and one below the
speaker's driver. Thick orange colored paper is mounted on the backside
of the tower structure to defused the light when the two light bulbs are
on This also gives a look of stain glass windows to the tower. A non
illuminated version, which lacked lights and orange paper, was also
offered. The illuminated version is considered to be rarer more
collectable.
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Speaker when the lights are on. There is no light switch, just an AC plug.
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Close up of the speaker label. The knob mechanically adjusts the
distance of the movable armature from the magnet in order to achieve
the "sweet spot" where maxium volume and tone quality is produced. I
have seen these speakers who's frames were either painted in brown or
gold. My speaker is painted brown.
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Side of the speaker showing the speaker driver and two light
bulbs. The upper light is colored yellow and the lower light is colored
red. Both of these lightbaulbs are original to this speaker.
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The outer edge of the paper cone is held in place by a flexible
bracket that is made of a metal rod coated in rubber and then covered
over with brown braided silk. The bracket presses the paper cone's edge
into a groove that encircles the speaker's frame.
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The proper, modern day, replacement light bulbs are the120 volt
10 watt S11 light bulbs with E17 intermediate bases. They can
still be found in Red and Yellow.
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This web page was last updated: February 4, 2014
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