Comments on: Radios Now Built in Grandfather’s Clock, Tuned by Remote Control (Jul, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070922 jayessell Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:36:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070922 We in the 21st Century laugh at our pre-digital forbears, but the remote MIGHT have been DIGITAL! On/Off... Mute/Quiet/Loud... One of 5 pre-tuned stations... would be possible with 1930s technology. There was a remote controlled radio that used a rotary phone dial! (Dang! Too sleepy to find it now... But you can see one in one of the "Topper" movies. He's at a bar and mistakes the control for a telephone dial.) (Not "Topper Returns", that's at an old house.) We in the 21st Century laugh at our pre-digital forbears, but the remote MIGHT have been DIGITAL!

On/Off…
Mute/Quiet/Loud…
One of 5 pre-tuned stations…
would be possible with 1930s technology.

There was a remote controlled radio that used a rotary phone dial!
(Dang! Too sleepy to find it now… But you can see one in one of the “Topper” movies.
He’s at a bar and mistakes the control for a telephone dial.)
(Not “Topper Returns”, that’s at an old house.)

]]> By: David Brodbeck http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070917 David Brodbeck Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:58:25 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070917 It could be a Bowden cable, like a car speedometer cable. They were pretty commonly used for remote tuning of aircraft radios in WWII, no reason one wouldn't work in this application. It could be a Bowden cable, like a car speedometer cable. They were pretty commonly used for remote tuning of aircraft radios in WWII, no reason one wouldn’t work in this application.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070698 Steve Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:24:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070698 "...it should not be thought that inconvenience is one of the features of this new radio". Boy, talk about your tortured prose. :) Cool clock-radio though. “…it should not be thought that inconvenience is one of the features of this new radio”. Boy, talk about your tortured prose. :) Cool clock-radio though.

]]> By: George http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070661 George Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:58:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070661 "The tuning dial is hooked to the receiver with a concealed cord. " I hope that means a wire, not a dial cord (string) and complex system of pulleys across the room. “The tuning dial is hooked to the receiver with a concealed cord. ”

I hope that means a wire, not a dial cord (string) and complex system of pulleys across the room.

]]> By: rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070642 rick Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:32:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070642 Now there's an heirloom that will appreciated by future generations! Rick Now there’s an heirloom that will appreciated by future generations!

Rick

]]> By: Charlene http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070634 Charlene Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:47:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070634 I want that clock so badly... I want that clock so badly…

]]> By: Repack Rider http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/20/radios-now-built-in-grandfathers-clock-tuned-by-remote-control/comment-page-1/#comment-1070633 Repack Rider Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:21:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8065#comment-1070633 That was the year when husbands and wives started fighting over the remote. That was the year when husbands and wives started fighting over the remote.

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