BRANDSET 2 CANADIAN BRANDS WIRELESS, 1924

Two valve TRF receiver made by the Brandes Corporation in Canada 1924, similar sets were made in Slough England, and a later model the 3A was launched around 1929 with 3 valves.
The set requires 3 Batteries and listening is done via headphones of which the Brandes version are shown, the headband is missing.
No more is known about these sets.

Nortel Collection

Your comments:

• I have a wireless set given to me by an old neighbour , very similar to this .. he told me it was purchased , mail order , from London ., as a kit , and he and his mate put it together .
  He found it when clearing out the coal shed , beneath the pile of slack , in a sack !
  It was the first valve radio in my village , so to me quite important .
  I cleaned it up , checked the two valves , made up a DC power supply , put a 1.5 volt battery on to the heater circuit , attatched an aerial and headphones ..... and it worked perfectly .....
  The clarity of BBC Radio 4 had to be heard to be belived .
  .......... Gordon Reason, Coughton , Northamptonshire , England ., 6th of December 2014
  
  
• I have two variants of the Brandes 2 set, both with timber front panels. One is a darker wood (possibly stained oak) and the other a lighter mahogany finish. They both have a central brass escutcheon around the twin edge tuning knobs
  .......... David Mills, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, North Wales, UK, 28th of November 2009
  
  

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