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Mechanical Television

Surviving Mechanical TV Sets

If you have information on the location of any mechanical TV sets, please contact us. Any information will be kept confidential. With their consent, we will publish the owner's name here.

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American Mechanical Sets

Manufacturer

Model Number 

Verified (museums)

Verified (collectors)

Reported
D. Ballauf Mfg. Co. 24 Line Scanning Disk  
1
Don Sellers
 
Bell Labs Picture telephone (1927)
1
Museum of the Moving Image (NY)
   
Large grid receiver (1928)
1
Museum of the Moving Image (NY)
   
Canadian Television Ltd. 1932 Model (Ouimet)
1
Canada Science Museum (Ottawa)

 

  
Case Labs Scanning disk
1
Auman Museum (OH)

 

  
Daven   Tri Standard
2
Early Television Museum
MZTV (Toronto)
1
Luc Sirois
 
Receiver
1
Early Television Museum
1
Luc Sirois
 
1931 Scannind Disk Receiver
1
National Capital Radio & Television Museum
   
24 Line  
1
Anonymous
 
Freed-Eisemann Receiver  
1
Anonymous
 
General Electric        Octagon
4
Auman Museum (OH)
Henry Ford Museum (MI)
MZTV (Toronto)
Schenectady Museum (NY)
2
Jeff Lendaro
Anonymous

 
Globe Radiovisor
2
MZTV (Toronto)
Early Television Museum
1
Anonymous

 

  

Hartman

 Model 24 Scanning Disk  
1
Anonymous
 
Hollis Baird (SW & Television) C-3-S  SW Receiver (Cathedral)
3
Early Television Museum
MZTV (Toronto) (2)
8
Luc Sirois (2)
Anonymous (6)
 
Shortwave Adaptor/Tuner  
1
Luc Sirois
 
AM/SW Receiver (Console)
1
Early Television Museum

 

  
Model 25/35 Receiver
3
Auman Museum (OH)
Early Television Museum
Harvard University
New England Wireless and Steam Museum (RI)
3
Luc Sirois (2)
Anonymous
 
Model 26/36 Televisor
8
Auman Museum (OH)
AWA Museum
Early Television Museum
Harvard University
Henry Ford Museum
History San Jose
MZTV (Toronto)
New England Wireless and Steam Museum (RI)
3
Bill Schirding
Luc Sirois
Anonymous

 

  
Model 437 Receiver/televisor  
2
Luc Sirois
Anonymous
 
Home made with Baird drum assembly  
1
Mike Molnar
 
Scanning Drum Console  
1
Anonymous
 
Televisor
1
Museum of the Moving Image (NY)

 

  
Homemade Scanning Disk receiver
8
AWA Museum (2)
Early Television Museum (2)
Indiana State Museum (IN)
MZTV (Toronto) (2)
New England Wireless and Steam Museum (RI)
11
Luc Sirois (2)
Brandon Turner
Anonymous (8)
 
I.C.A  Visionette Kit
2
MZTV (Toronto)
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting (MN)

1

Anonymous

  
Model 45 Televisor Kit 
2
MZTV (Toronto) (2)
1
Darryl Hock
 
Jenkins 100
3
Early Television Museum
New England Wireless and Steam Museum (RI)
Museum of the Moving Image (NY)
6
Fred Zimmer
Luc Sirois
Anonymous (3)
 
101
3
National Museum of American History (3)
   
102
1
National Museum of American History
   
201
2
AWA Museum
MZTV (Toronto)

 

  
202
3
Franklin Institute (PA)
MZTV (Toronto)
National Museum of American History
4
Luc Sirois
Anonymous (3)
 
302  
1
Luc Sirois
 
Amateur Kit
4
Henry Ford Museum (MI)
National Museum of American History (3)
1
Luc Sirois
 
Disk Scanner
2
National Museum of American History (2)
   
Drum Scanner
1
National Museum of American History
   
J-D Receiver  
1
Anonymous
 
JD-30 Receiver
3
Early Television Museum
MZTV (Toronto)
Wayne County Museum (IN)
1
Luc Sirois

 

  
JK-20 Receiver Kit
1
MZTV (Toronto)

 

  
Prismatic Disk Scanner
1
National Museum of American History
1 (note 3)
Luc Sirois
 
Prismatic Drum Scanner
1
Henry Ford Museum
   
R-400 Lens Disk
2
Auman Museum (OH)
Wayne County Museum (IN)
1
Richard Brewster
1
Unknown
RK-1
3
Auman Museum (OH)
Henry Ford Museum (MI)
Smithsonian Institution (DC)
4
Darryl Hock (2)
Anonymous (2)
 
Pioneer 60 Line
1
MZTV (Toronto)
2
Luc Sirois (2)
 
Radiovisor With coin slot
1
MZTV (Toronto)
   
Rawls TV-85
1
C. Rawls Library (VA)
   
RCA 24 Line
1
Indiana State Museum
   
60 Line
4
Early Television Museum
Henry Ford Museum (MI) (3)
1
Darryl Hock
 
Roth-Downs Orpheus Lens Disk  
1
Luc Sirois
 
Visionette  
1
Darryl Hock
 
Stewart-Warner Shortwave converter
1
MZTV (Toronto)
   
Television Mfg. Co. See-All 101  
1
Luc Sirois
 
See-All Kit
6
MZTV (Toronto) (3)
National Capital Radio & Television Museum (MD)
National Museum of American History (2)
2
Anonymous
 
Unidentified 60 line lens drum scanner  
1
Don Sellers
 
Scanning disk
3
History San Jose
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
National Museum of American History
 
Western Television (Echophone) Receiver  
3
Kevin Walsh
Anonymous (2)
 
Visionette
6
Auman Museum (OH)
Early Television Museum
MZTV (Toronto) (2)
 
Mecosta County Historical Museum (MI)
UCLA (CA)
28
Richard Dean
Tom Morehouse
Luc Sirois (2)
Luc Sirois (note 2)
Kevin Walsh
Anonymous (22)
 
Visionette - 80 lines  
1
Matthew D'Asaro
 
Visionette Console
1
California Historical Radio Society
3
Jim Ehlers
John Estep
Anonymous
 
Visionette (lens disk)  
1
Anonymous
 
Model 41
5
Franklin Institute (PA)
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
MZTV (Toronto) (note 1)
National Museum of American History (2)
9
Luc Sirois
Mike Molnar
Kevin Walsh
Anonymous (note 4)
Anonymous (5)
 
Empire State
4
Early Television Museum
National Museum of American History (3)

 

  

Total

  

107

105

1

Notes:

1) Incomplete

2) Home made cabinet

3) Some original parts

4) Missing cabinet

British Mechanical Sets

Manufacturer

Model Number 

Verified (museums)

Verified (collectors)

Reported
Baird Televisor
17
DASA Deutsche Arbeitsschutz-Ausstellung (Germany)
Danish Museum of Science and Technology
Early Television Museum
Fernsehmuseum Farvis (Pfingstadt, Germany)
Hastings Museum (England)
Museum of Old And New Art (Hobart, Tasmania)
MZTV (Toronto) (2)
Science and Media Museum (England)(3)
National Museum of Scotland
National Museum of Science and Technology (Spain)
NHK Museum (Japan)
Powerhouse Museum (Sidney, Australia)
RAI Museum (Italy) (note 1)
Technikmuseum (Berlin, Germany)
Transport Museum (Scotland)
10
Darryl Hock
Anonymous (9)

 

 

 

 
Televisor kit  
3
Luc Sirois
Anonymous (2)
 
Model B
2
Science and Media Museum (England)(2)
1
Anonymous
 
Model C
1
Science and Media Museum (England)(note 2)
   
Experimental 1926 scanning disk
1
Science and Media Museum (England)
   
Prototype scanning disk 1930
1
Science and Media Museum (England)
   
Mirror drum - 1933
1
Science and Media Museum (England)
   
Mirror drum - 1934
1
Science and Media Museum (England)
   
Prototype scanning disk - 1932  
1
Anonymous
 
Bush-Baird Mirror drum - 1933
1
Science and Media Museum (England)
   
Homemade Scanning disk
2
Science and Media Museum (England)(2)
   
Merwyn Daily Express scanning disk kit
1
National Museum of Scotland
1
Luc Sirois
 
Plew 1934 scanning disk  
1
Anonymous
 
Unidentified Mirror screw
1
Powerhouse Museum (Sidney, Australia)
   

Total

  

29

18

0

Notes:

1) Cabinet only

2) Incomplete

German Mechanical Sets

Gerolf Poetschke's site has information on German mechanical television. This list comes from his research, which hasn't been updated since 2012.

Manufacturer

Model Number 

Verified (museums)

Verified (collectors)

Reported
Fernseh A. G. Scanning disk
2
Postmuseum der DDR
Deutsches Rundfunkmuseum Berlin
   
Karolus 30 line mirror drum
1
Deutsches Museum Munich
   
100 line mirror drum
1
Deutsches Museum Munich
   
Sliskovic Scanning disk
1
Depot Breitensee, Technisches Museum Wien
   
Camera and scanner  
1
Mock collection, Austria
 
Telefunken 48 line mIrror drum
1
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
   
Telehor (TeKaDe) Camera and scanner
1
Deutsches Museum Munich
1
Mock collection, Austria
 
Mirror screw
1
Technical Museum Prague
   
30 Line mirror screw
1
Deutsches Museum Munich
   
60 Line mirror screw
1
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
   
180 line mirror screw
1
Technisches Museum Vienna
   
Scanning disk
1
Depot Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
   
30 line scanning disk
3
Deutsches Museum Munich
Deutsches Rundfunkmuseum Berlin
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
1
Liesenfeld collection, Heiligenstadt
Unknown
 
30 line scanning disk kit
1
Deutsches Rundfunkmuseum Berlin
1
Anonymous
 
Mihaly-Traub
3
Deutsches Museum Munich
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
Depot Museum fuer Kommunikation Depot Heusenstamm
   
60 line scanning disk
1
Museum für Industriekultur Nuernberg
   
Unidentified Camera and scanner  
1
Mock collection, Austria
 
Scanning disk
1
Radiomuseum Brunn
2
Mock collection, Austria
Unknown
 
Mirror screw
1
Depot Museum fuer Kommunikation Heusenstamm
   

Total

  

22

8

0

Other European Mechanical Sets

Below are surviving sets from other European countries.

Manufacturer

Model Number 

Verified (museums)

Verified (collectors)

Reported
CDC (Barthelemy) (France) 30 line scanning disk
2
Radio France Museum
CNAM Museum
3
Anonymous (3)
 
Emyradio (France) 30 line scanning disk
1
Radio France Museum
   
Fracarro (Italy) 30 line kit set
1
Milan Museum of Science and Technology
   
30 line scanning disk
1
Early Television Museum
   
Fumeo (Italy) 30 line scanning disk  
1
Luc Sirois
 
Homemade 30 line scanning disk
1
Radio France Museum
   
Integra (France) Scanning disk  
2
Luc Sirois
Anonymous
 
Brami (General Radio) (France) Visiola  
2
Nicolas Blazianu
Bruno Ruiz
 
Radiosavod Kominterna (Russia) 1932 scanning disk
1
Popov Museum (St. Petersburg)
   
Savod M.A. Chernov Moskau (Russia) 1933 30 line mirror screw
1
Popov Museum (St. Petersburg)
   
Savod Kozitskogo (Russia) B2
3
Popov Museum (St. Petersburg)
Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory Museum
Moscow Polytechnic Museum
   
Russia TM-3 Pioneer
1
Popov Museum (St. Petersburg)
   
Commutator type scanner
2
Popov Museum (St. Petersburg)
   
Unidentified (French) 1931 Radio-phono-TV
1
CNAM Museum
   
Unidentifed (Italian) Scanning disk  
1
Luc Sirois
 

Total

  

15

9

0

 


 
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