  Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 393 Registered: 02-2005 |
the Detrola plant was at Beard and Chatfield,The Sidetrack Saloon is right across the street where the plant was.Inside the saloon is a huge aerial picture of the plant, Every year they have a reunion of the employees there. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1450 Registered: 08-2007 |
We have a Detrola. I don't know what to call it, it plays records, 78 and 33 and 45, and has a radio, too, so it's probably late 50s at the oldest. It is a nice console size in a fine wood cabinet. | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 395 Registered: 02-2005 |
made in Detroit! How does it sound? | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1451 Registered: 08-2007 |
We haven't played it in awhile, but it was good hi-fi the last time we fired it up. No stereo, of course. Full sound, no buzzing. I can't remember just now if it has FM, I don't think so. (Message edited by gazhekwe on February 11, 2008) | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4520 Registered: 12-2005 |
There are also some imports in recent years that are labeled "Detrola." They play vinyl, CDs, cassettes and radio. They have an obvious nostalgic design but are not of any collector value. Not bad otherwise. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5129 Registered: 10-2004 |
Never heard of Detrola, but I'm not form here. I see that some of the 6V DC variety used vibrators. I haven't even thought about one of those in decades. The vibrators had to be replaced in older car radios well before any tubes, usually. And knowing which one to get when it refused to "buzz" as it should was a rectum burn because they made so many kinds. The parts numbers often were of no help because the auto makers farmed out their radio and components to so many different Tiers. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 485 Registered: 01-2007 |
Vibrators? Holy Cow! | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2007 |
Livernoisyard - Not to change the subject,- "when it refused to "buzz" as it should was a rectum burn" Does ANYBODY remember the old underdash 45sp Lear players that had the Reverb? Quite the hot thing in 65' | ||
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2008 |
The device in question, I believe, was called or refered to as a "Vibrasonic". It gave music from a car radio an echo chamber effect similar to a hollow rock-a-billy wail or a Phil Spector production. | ||
Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1590 Registered: 10-2003 |
Okay folks - time you earn your spot here. This is my Parducci entry for Detrola; Detrola Corp (?) A. Girard Detroit ? 1943 MI cement containers = pattern for radio # 1, 2 it means that in 1943 Parducci designed something for them. Who is/was A. Girard ? The winners get the position of archivist at the Carpchives. (see Brodhead thread) eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2046 Registered: 12-2005 |
Perhaps the same Girard as the Girard turntable? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 3929 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wasn't that spelled "Garrard" on the turntables? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2047 Registered: 12-2005 |
Well, I think you are right. I haven't thought about one of those in a Looong time. "Garrard" became "Girard" in my feeble brain. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1469 Registered: 08-2007 |
Alexander Girard, that would be. Here is a bit on him from a radio auction: Girard, working on his own with the same material, designed plywood cabinets early on with Detrola for the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Each of these designers utilized the new materials in their designs, creating a varied market and appealing to the needs of consumers in the post war period. This eight-piece group features designs from Raymond Loewy and Alexander Girard with production models from Detrola, Emerson and Pye. http://www2.wright20.com:8080/ 4DCGI/Web_Individual_Lots/A6SB /587 | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 4733 Registered: 10-2003 |
My grandfather went to the going out of business sale of the Detrola Radio Co and bought a great AM-Short/ Wave radio. (looks like it was made in the 40's) When I was ten, it was passed down to me, and I used to listen to the BBC top 10 songs of the Week, as well as short wave broadcasts from all over the world. The Detrola Company also made cameras. Radios made in Detroit that lasted for decades. What a concept! | ||
Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1592 Registered: 10-2003 |
This is what, well one thing what, I love about Detroit, detroiters, ez-Detroiters, wannabe Detroiters and Lowell (who lets us play here). Alexander Girard it is. i have all these little Parducci mysteries and it's a great feeling (better than coffee) getting them cleared up. Someday I'll write up the Lone Ranger's Mask commission. eeeeeeeek PS. I almost forgot to say, " thank you," which I really can't say enough. einar (Message edited by carptrash on February 13, 2008) | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2008 |
My wife and I went several years ago to a old radio collectors swap meet and convention in Lansing. The featured brand was Detrola. A guest speaker gave the whole history and eventual demise of Detrola. One of my aunts and a neighbor of mine worked at Detrola during WW2. They were making mine detectors. My aunt gave me a Detrola AM table radio that I still have. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1471 Registered: 08-2007 |
Here is a cool article about Girard: http://www.r20thcentury.com/bi os/designer.cfm?article_id=50 | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 5123 Registered: 02-2007 |
Is this the same Detrola that made cameras? | ||
Carptrash Member Username: Carptrash Post Number: 1593 Registered: 10-2003 |
Gauze Hawk - You rock. Now if you can find me the Detrola Museum I can perhaps discover what CP did for them in 1943 - the War years, the Lean years. eeeeeek | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1473 Registered: 08-2007 |
No luck on the museum, but maybe you can contact these people, nice history. The official Detrola Radio Homepage! I found out my Detrola cannot be newer than 1948. It is in great condition! http://detrola.tripod.com/ (Message edited by gazhekwe on February 13, 2008) | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5156 Registered: 10-2004 |
Was Detrola the source for all that lead pollution at the new school site? Lead is/was used in solder, and Detrola must have gone though literally tons of the stuff. |
