On december 31, 1869, he entered a partnership with enos m. A collection of electron tube specifications from the western electric library. A history of western electric the golden boy statue. The following listing of tubes are those special tubes and encompass tubes used in special communications equipment, broadcasting, amateur radio and the audio industry. New production 300b tubes steve hoffman music forums. Western electric equipment archive radio history on the web. Western electric tube data hardtofind data for 44 western electric tube types 205d, 300b, 350b, etc. Brought to reliable perfection by western electric usa and later by standard telephones uk as the 4300b, the 300b was very much intended and widely used for telephony amplification.
Both tubes test as new and are matched for both current draw and gm. Includes pictures of tubes and complete operating characteristics and curves. The history of the western electric phones is something of a history of the telephone itself. Get the best deal for western electric vintage amplifiers and tube amps from the largest online selection at. Western electric was one of the earliest commerical tube manufacturers, and made many classic designs that are still very much in demand today, especially in the audio world. If a western electric phone ever quit working your local bell operating company would send out the telephone man to your house and fix it.
Northern electric had a rich history of producing high quality audio products and vacuum tubes in canada. Heres a series of print ads from 1948 that describe some of the lastever pro audio offerings from western electric. No cracks or damages to the glass and it shows a nice silver. Sometimes, the boxes will also have the bell telephone logo of the outline of a bell inside a circle. Despite being told new production western electric 300b tubes would be shipped in may 2009, there has not been any tubes produced. Although the thermionic tube was not invented by western electric, the company was always at the forefront of the efforts to harness its full potential. Western electric tubes nos vacuum tubes for sale tubes. Hardtofind data for 44 western electric tube types 205d, 300b, 350b, etc.
Tube data, including some data from rca, western electric, ge, tungsol, etc. I became interested in the history of the western electric 300b when i first learned that it was to be manufactured again. Western electric company abebooks passion for books. Western electric tube data, 2nd edition antique electronic.
Vacuum tube amplifiers are suddenly in demand by audiophiles, who. Western electric products tour vintage tube services. Spheres western electric northern electric vacuum tube page. Someone else owns the brand name and has used it to rebrand many types.
New production 300b tubes look like them but and people love this they have more detail, more bass, more this, more that, etc. It seems like the prewwii tubes dont have dates and feature the engraved base. What follows is a report on the resurrgence of the 300b through reissues being produced by several manufacturers. Western electric stock certificate contributed by robert p mohalley. The original owners, bell canada and western electric, formed this company to produce telephone and audio equipment including vacuum tubes. The text material has been selected and arranged with the view of guiding the circuit designer most readily to the western electric tube which will meet his requirements for particular applications. United was an old us maker of transmitting and industrial types. New production northern electric tubes the gear page. This 270page hardback tells the story of western electric, the manufacturing arm of the bell telephone system, later spun off as lucent and now alcatellucent. Up for a sale is a western electric 351a tube with a base converting it to 5 pins.
Westrex, the manufacturer of the popular western electric 300b tube. The first three books from valerie gellers powerful radio series. The complete western electric vacuum tube library books. Western electric products telephones table of contents.
Data ge ceramic tubes, 1965 western electric tube prices, 1933. This was our new phone located in mom and dads room. The 1961 raytheon 5755 tubes in this precisely matched pair are the military spec equivalent to the western electric 420a dual triode tube. In that time it held patents over many of the major developments in telephony. Classic vintage tubes your source for western electric. In order to show historical precedence, books are listed chronologically by first. We test your order before shipment for world class performance and the best tone possible. Western electric telephone with 315h ringer box collectors. The dallas morning news, jul 27, 2009 david flickassociated press.
In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube in north america, tube, or thermionic valve or valve in british english is a device controlling electric current through a vacuum in a sealed container. Western electric company inc new york manufacturer in usa. Since then its been used in several configurations, but the one that. Western electric vintage amplifiers and tube amps for sale ebay. Please see the pictures for western electric contents. Formats and editions of 75 years of western electric tube.
Feb 11, 2016 provided to youtube by mgm western electric adam young elementary carnival blues. Western electric was the manufacturing arm of the bell group of companies from the late 1800s to its demise in 1984. Western electric engineered, designed, produced or experimented with over 785 different tubes from 19 1988. Some tubes, like the 101 and 417a remain literal standards for high quality, low noise tube design. Browse the best of ebay, connect with other collectors, and explore the history behind your favorite finds. It developed breakthrough technologies in typewriters, vacuum tubes, radio, television, motion pictures, radar, and transistors.
Western electric inventory last updated on july 1st, 2017 there is no bigger name in the history of vacuum tubes than western electric. In later tubes, the locking pin was also bakelite and some tubes had magnesium flashing. Western electric licensed their designs, processes, and technology to northern electric for the first fifty years of their production. Herein you will find a collection of vintage engineering texts, vacuum tube datasheets, and other obsolete information, presented free of charge and without annoying advertisements. In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube in north america, tube, or thermionic valve or valve in british english is a device controlling electric current through a.
Western electric diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Antique telephone history website one of the internets oldest antique telephone websites, information can be found on old phones, history, science projects, the. Western electric trimline phone had it in blue in my very own room. It was the major manufacturer of a broad range of telephone equipment. It is great to recycle but i kept my tube testers and still working on these. We are members of the antiquarian booksellers association of american and the international league of antiquarian booksellers and adhere to their high ethical standards. It manufactured broadcast equipment until the mid1950s, when it was an antitrust settlement limited bell to. People say they love the 300b but what they really love is the hypersound of the current 300b. Western electric tubes were packaged in rectangular boxes printed with the words, western electric, and electron tube, where an electron tube is simply another name for a vacuum tube. The complete western electric vacuum tube library this is a comprehensive reference for collectors and users alike. Throughout the history of vacuum tubes, western electric distinguished itself by its continugus work to improve their consistency, reliability and efficiency. A prologue by paul a western electric company gorman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Isbn 9780963244017 9780963244017 softcover, antique electronic supply, 1992.
The tube at left is simply a rebased vt25 made either by western electric or national union. Seventyfive years of western electric tube manufacturing. Western electric telephone with 315h ringer box collectors weekly picked this up at the rose bowl flea market. Radio and broadcast history library with thousands of. The western electric company was an american electrical engineering and manufacturing. Please address all inquiries for technical information to.
Like their new old stock counterparts, this new tube generally wins all 300b comparisons in every sonic category. The western elecric code numbers assigned to this type were in the 203 series, the first being 203a. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In electronics the 300b is a directlyheated power triode vacuum tube with a fourpin base, introduced in 1938 by western electric to amplify telephone signals. Global activities as international western electric company. The western electric engineers had to develop a stable and rugged construction. Originally, we built ship to shore and point to point communications equipment as they learned how to develop broadcasting equipment. Western electric a brief history download the microsoft word 97. The ensuing legal battle between western union and the bell telephone company over patent rights ended in 1879 with western union withdrawing from the telephone market and bell acquiring western electric.
Golden boy may or may not be one of the masterpieces of american sculpture, but dallas residents of a certain age might remember him from the cover of a phone book. Western electric brand audio vacuum tubes western electric dial telephone models western electric historical background. Read a western electric tubes deliver a fatigue free listening experience. If some special applica tion or characteristic is required of a tube, we shall be glad to recommend a suitabie type and to suggest design and operat ing precautions necessary for realizing the capabilities of such tubes. Edward barker has had some longdistance discussions with charles g. There is no bigger name in the history of vacuum tubes than western electric. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, western philosophy, history of science, history of computers, fine printing,and art.
Tubes including dates of manufacture 9780963244017. The books technical tips, indepth electronic specs and. Aspen pittman did an excellent job on this book manual. I played it for a while both in the room and then hearing it through the in ears. That he considers we the only genuine option is pretty telling, at least in my book now that ive met the man and watched him voice a system. Bell labs soon became an early leader in global manufacturing. In 1856, george shawk, a craftsman and telegraph maker, purchased an electrical engineering business in cleveland, ohio. This is a fulllength history of the western electric company, which was the manufacturing arm of the bell system. While it uses the same rugged build and thick glass as other jj preamp tubes, this tube differs in construction from the typical 12ax7 in that it features a mediumlong plate, which provides a dynamic and open sound with a rich forward sounding mid range. Nov 08, 2005 as i began to learn about vintage western electric tubes, i took note of the date codes. The tube at the right is a western electric vt25 transmitterrated type 10. This is not a simple collection of scans ripped from the internet.
Western electric vintage vacuum tubes for sale ebay. Aes elibrary tube manufacturing at western electric. The circuit was successfully completed in june 1914, and successfully tested on july 29. Hope to record in hd, also fix my narration issues. Free western electric diagrams, schematics, service. Unfortunately i do not have a tube tester, so i am unable to test the tube. Feb 07, 2017 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises western electric unspecified speech after the removal of the larynx. The western electric brand has been resurrected in the united states, and they have been producing 300bs for several years now. The simplest vacuum tube, the diode, contains only two elements. The new tube allowed western electric to span the continent in 19 and 1914. Western electric inventory last updated on october 12th, 2016 there is no bigger name in the history of vacuum tubes than western electric.
Herein you will find a collection of vintage engineering texts, vacuum tube. Bh data sheet erla triple life 1910 marconi catalog fleming valves2r, 3r, 4r, 5r marconi valves catalog radio technique 1925 catalog amrad s tube rectifier data sheet 1924 signals experimental establishment pamphlet. The western electric 300b has a long and distinguished history, which i dont intend to go into here beyond this brief resume. Many of these tubes were superb sounding audio tubes that are still in very high demand today. As manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, western electric made products that accelerated societys pace, such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar and transistors. It seems the factory has been closed and moved yet again. Toms liveliest record to date, a freewheeling ramble of jugband jams and rough poetry of the unblinkingeye variety. Electronic books, file format, vacuum tube, diy electronics, ham radio, radios. This same tube was used by the us navy under the designation cw933. It was designed in the 30s specifically as a power valve for audio cinema amps specifically. Corporate history people to remember news from the past. Then around the 1950s they started dating the tubes with the week and year. Jun 15, 2011 all these tubes sound good and have their merits.
It is very difficult to contact western electric so we do not know when to expect more 300b tubes. In 1872, barton and gray moved the business to clinton street, chicago, illinois, and incorporated it as the western electric manufacturing company. Features online access to 800 available schematic and layout diagrams, from ampeg to western electric. Barton, and later sold his share to inventor elisha gray. Western electric trimline phone had this one too and of course dad worked at western electric. Western electric tubes western electric speakers vintage audio parts western electric capacitors paper oil condensers paper wax pio electrolytic. A set of significant books on the industry from its first decades. This page features a fascinating collection of handmade experimental tubes which appear to have originated within the western electric company, circa 1920. In 19, western electric developed the high vacuum tube, thereby ushering in the. Western electric telephones made prior to the breakup of the bell system january 1, 1984 were designed and built to last for decades. I was wondering if anyone knows a site, or has information that might be interesting in this regard. Western electric company finding his voice educational short film 1929. Radio research books about radio and media research. Electronic switching system 1965 western electric telephone technology.
Search the history of over 411 billion web pages on the internet. In a previous post, we looked at some early western electric cinemasound equipment and the cult that surrounds this early kit. Vt1 was the us signal corps designation for the tube wich was known as typej. I wondered whether the new western electric 300b really could be as good as the old classic power tube. In this article, howard stone first leads us through a nostalgic history of the western electric type 300b audio amplifier triode tube. The base which appears on the first of these tubes is very definitely western electric, and is of a type that was used on production tubes from about 1917 through 1925.
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