The Model 60 Trumpet-Tone

This Model 60 cathedral cabinet variant is badged "Trumpet-Tone." The badging may signify a "House Brand" whereby Jackson Bell was marketing these radios to a particular company or department store group. It may have been another badged advertisement extolling the attributes of the then "in vogue' and popular selling point of audio tonal quality.

"Tiffany-Tone" was indeed both a "House Brand" and a badged advertisement. That badging or branding became synonymous with Herbert Horn as a company.

Note the more abstract form of the 'Lyre 'cut-out over the speaker grille enclosure on this variant as opposed to other offerings seen in both Jackson-Bell's Models 60 and 62.

There is no chassis stamp, but a Model 60 schematic is on the back of the chassis. The tube compliment follows the traditional model 60 tube compliment (71A, 71A, 26, 24, 26, 26, 80).

We have not located any advertisements for this radio to date.

Model 60:

The Model 60 Chassis was a success for Jackson Bell. It was produced in many cabinet variations under the Jackson-Bell brand, and in many house branded sets. The set was distributed throughout the United States.

The success of the Model 59 was followed by the Model 60. There are many similarities between these two models. The most obvious difference is the addition of a second knob for regeneration to improve sensitivity and selectivity when necessary. This is an earlier technology that introduces another adjustment.

Jackson-Bell stressed the phrase "Screen Grid, of Course" in marketing Model 60s. The 24A tube is for the detector, not as an R.F. amplifier.