Mechanical Television
Surviving Mechanical TV Set Database
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.
Sets added in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2010 and 2011
American Mechanical Sets
Manufacturer |
Model Number |
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| Bell Labs | Picture telephone (1927) | 1 Museum of the Moving Image (NY) |
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| Large grid receiver (1928) | 1 Museum of the Moving Image (NY) |
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| Canadian Television Ltd. | 1932 Model (Ouimet) |
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| Case Labs | Scanning disk | 1 Auman Museum (OH) |
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| Daven | Tri Standard |
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| 24 Line | 1 Anonymous |
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| Freed-Eisemann | Receiver | 1 Anonymous |
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| General Electric | Octagon |
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1 Anonymous |
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| Globe | Radiovisor |
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| Hollis Baird (SW & Television)
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C-3-S SW Receiver (Cathedral) |
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6 Anonymous (6) |
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| AM/SW Receiver (Console) |
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| Model 25/35 Receiver |
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1 Anonymous |
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| Model 26/36 Televisor |
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| Model 437 Receiver/televisor |
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| Home made with Baird drum assembly |
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| Scanning Drum Console | 1 Anonymous |
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| ? Televisor |
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1 Anonymous |
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| Home made | 24,48,60 Line |
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| I.C.A | Visionette Kit |
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1 Anonymous |
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| Model 45 Televisor Kit |
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| Jenkins | 100 |
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3 Anonymous (3) |
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| 201 | 1 MZTV (Toronto) |
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| 202 | 2 Franklin Institute (PA) MZTV (Toronto) |
1 Anonymous |
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| 302 | 1 Luc Sirois |
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| Amateur Kit |
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| JD-30 Receiver |
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| JK-20 |
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| R-400 Projection | 1 Anonymous |
1 Anonymous |
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| RK-1 |
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4 Darryl Hock (2) Anonymous (2) |
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| 60 Line Lens Disk |
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| Pioneer | 60 Line | 2 Ira Grossman Luc Sirois |
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| Rawls | TV85 |
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| RCA | 60 Line |
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1 Darryl Hock |
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| Roth-Downs | Orpheus Lens Disk |
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| Visionette |
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| Television Mfg. Co. | See-All Kit |
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2 Anonymous |
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| Western Television (Echophone) | Receiver |
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| Visionette |
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| Model 41 |
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| Empire State |
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British Mechanical Sets
Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Verified (museums) |
Verified (collectors) |
Reported |
| Baird | Televisor | 14 DASA Deutsche Arbeitsschutz-Ausstellung (Germany) Early Television Museum Fernsehmuseum Farvis (Pfingstadt, Germany) Hastings Museum (England) MZTV (Toronto) (2) National Media Museum (England)National Museum of Scotland Powerhouse Museum RAI Museum (Italy) Spanish Museum of Science and Technology Technikmuseum (Berlin, Germany) Transport Museum (Scotland) |
8 Darryl Hock Anonymous (7)
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1 Anonymous |
| Televisor kit | 2 Anonymous (2) |
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| Model B | 1 National Media Museum (England) |
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| Prototype | 1 Anonymous |
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| Daily Express | Scanning disk kit | 1 National Museum of Scotland |
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| Home made | Scanning disk | 1 National Media Museum (England) |
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European Mechanical Sets
Gerolf Poetschke's site has pictures of 15 surviving German mechanical sets, and information on another 3 that are known to exist. Below are surviving sets from other European countries.
Manufacturer |
Model Number |
Verified (museums) |
Verified (collectors) |
Reported |
| CDC (Barthelemy) (France) | 30 Line Scanning disk |
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2 Anonymous (2) |
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| Fracarro (Italy) | 30 line scanning disk | 1 Early Television Museum |
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| Fumeo (Italy) | 30 line scanning disk | 1 Anonymous |
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| Homemade | 30 line scanning disk |
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| Integra (France) | Scanning disk | 1 Anonymous |
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| Brami (General Radio) (France) | Visiola | 1 Anonymous |
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| Radiosavod Kominterna (Russia) | 1932 scanning disk | 1 Popov Museum (St. Petersburg) |
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| Savod M.A. Chernov Moskau (Russia) | 1933 30 line mirror screw | 1 Popov Museum (St. Petersburg) |
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| Savod Kozitskogo (Russia) | B2 |
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