UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Powered By Google Custom Search Vintage Radio and TV Service Data

Go Back   UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum > Specific Vintage Equipment > Vintage Television and Video

Notices

Vintage Television and Video Vintage television and video equipment, programmes, VCRs etc.

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 11th Aug 2016, 8:23 pm   #1
beery
Heptode
 
beery's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, UK.
Posts: 988
Default HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Hi All,

Having now obtained permission to make this public, I thought I would post a few photos of the HMV 901 which is at Sanford Museum in Chelmsford.

Sanford Mill museum is part of Chelmsford museum and is focussed on Chelmsford's industrial heritage. The museum is only open to the public a few days a year.
On this occasion I was not able to attend myself, so I got my Dad to take a few photos. The pictures were not easy to take as the set is somewhat boxed in at the moment.

The set is in superb original condition. It retains its control instruction cards and even the original coax lead and plug.
IIRC the set is single standard, so EMI system only.
The serial number is H7242

The 901 was formally part of the Science Museum reserve collection and was obtained by the Sanford Mill curator as an examle of a pre-war Marconi EMI television, highlighting the connection between Chelmsford and the development of televison.
The museum is also home to a collection of Marconi TV cameras from the 1950s including a rare MK2 (for which I donated a lense turret).

I hope in future to take some more photos of this set.

Cheers
Andy
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	DSCF7105S.JPG
Views:	381
Size:	106.2 KB
ID:	128566   Click image for larger version

Name:	DSCF7103S.JPG
Views:	355
Size:	78.0 KB
ID:	128567   Click image for larger version

Name:	coax1.jpg
Views:	334
Size:	90.1 KB
ID:	128568   Click image for larger version

Name:	serial.jpg
Views:	310
Size:	23.7 KB
ID:	128569  
beery is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 8:32 am   #2
Jac
Heptode
 
Jac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Posts: 640
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Thanks for the photos Andy.

Indeed in very good condition.
Not many sets appear to still have the antenna coax connector.

Best regards,
Jac
Jac is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 11:29 am   #3
Tractorfan
Dekatron
 
Tractorfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.)
Posts: 3,177
Smile Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Hi,
I didn't realise that these sets had a lock on the lid. Probably to stop the servants having a crafty watch in the household's absence!
Cheers, Pete.
__________________
"Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."
Tractorfan is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 11:44 am   #4
peter_scott
Dekatron
 
peter_scott's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Edinburgh, UK.
Posts: 3,273
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Looks great Andy.
If you ever get the chance to see the chassis serial numbers I'd be very interested.
That's the first 901/702 that I've seen with a lid lock. I take that back having just seen Jac's posting. I hadn't spotted the lock on Steve's 702.

Steve has 901 H 7099 without a lock and 702 H 1174 with the lock.

Thanks for posting.

Peter

Last edited by peter_scott; 12th Aug 2016 at 11:56 am.
peter_scott is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 11:47 am   #5
Jac
Heptode
 
Jac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Posts: 640
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Hello Pete,

In fact is is very rare to see a lock for the lid on a 901 or 702.
I think the 702 of Steve McVoy has a lock, but I can't recall any others at this moment.
Not all 900's have a lock, but a lot do.

Jac
Jac is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 3:05 pm   #6
peter_scott
Dekatron
 
peter_scott's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Edinburgh, UK.
Posts: 3,273
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

H 1174:
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	P1080569a (Medium).jpg
Views:	190
Size:	64.1 KB
ID:	128608  
peter_scott is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 3:09 pm   #7
Jac
Heptode
 
Jac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Posts: 640
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Thank you Peter,

That's the 702 of Steve McVoy.
I'm sure there are others with a lock, but most have no lock.

Jac
Jac is offline  
Old 12th Aug 2016, 5:27 pm   #8
FERNSEH
Dekatron
 
FERNSEH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Posts: 7,444
Default Re: HMV 901 at Sanford Mill Museum

Both my Marconi 702 and HMV 901 don't have lid locks. The lock must have been fitted on early production models. The EHT transformer in the 901 has burned out. It's not the original, possibly a post war EMI service replacement.

DFWB.
FERNSEH is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:17 am.


All information and advice on this forum is subject to the WARNING AND DISCLAIMER located at https://www.vintage-radio.net/rules.html.
Failure to heed this warning may result in death or serious injury to yourself and/or others.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2002 - 2023, Paul Stenning.