Sound, Music and Sound Design

An Old Radio, Short Wave Sampling and the Beauty of the Ages

I found this old radio on a garage sale about two weeks ago and got it for about 8 dollars.

I thought of using the speaker and the case, but when testing it at home I found out, that it worked perfectly.

It is about 60 years old and sounds really good.

I´m thinking of doing some short wave sampling to feed my granular processor with new raw material.

I will have to make an antenna though. There is a terribly bad radio reception in my flat.

And while thinking of the best way to build such an antenna I came upon a second old radio of the same brand (just a few years younger). There are some problems with the volume knob. I opened the case therefore and I´m fascinated by these old electronic parts in it. 

They are simply beautiful!

(By the way: there is even the skeleton of a dead spider in the radio.)

I´ll keep you informed about the whole project, which you can also follow on

www.rofilm-media.net in some days.

Enjoy your day!

Rolf