Hello,

In the 1950's my mum and dad moved to Australia, they stayed until 1973 where they moved back to the UK, one of the items they bought back was a Kriesler Radiogram, I don't know what model it was but it had a strange green glowing thing that did something strange and 2 speakers seperated by a strip of wood going down the centre of the radiogram, near the bottom of this unit was a small red light, being a kid I used to sit for hours staring right at this red light and seeing the strange pattens it made. Anyway over the years it gave our family a lot of pleasure, and a lot of static shocks! By the late 80's the speakers had gone and was put behind the fridge. Then in 2005 my brother was having a clear out and decided to throw the Radiogram away, I said that I would have it, but was too late, so, and I know this is a long shot, does anyone have one at all for sale?

The green glowing thing was most likely a tuning indicator. Did it look something like the one in this picture?

I can't help with the sale of a radiogram though there are heaps of them around and some people would actually pay to have theirs removed - working or not.

One other thing you would need to consider is the cost of getting it posted over to England. It won't be a cheap exercise.

It was smilar, not round though, it was a strip, did the green thing get thinner as the radio signal got stronger?

Was it common with Kriesler makes?

My brother says it was a Multisonic version. I think we have a picture of it somewhere, i'll have to see if I can find it.

It was in our family for over 30 years, I keep looking on e-bay just in case one comes up for sale.

All the clues lead me to think it may be a Kriesler model 11-102 radiogram.

The rectangular tuning indicator was only used on a few models in the late 1960's. The strip of wood in the centre eliminates the 11-97 model. The length of the tuning indicator "strip" changes as I recall.

They still turn up on Ebay occaisonally but not as often as its more expensive brother the 11-103.

I'll send Brad a picture to include with my post to see if it is the same as what you remember.

Not sure if i'm allowed to post links, but this You Tube clip shows the kind of model we had, it's the nearest I could find...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq9WvN6u5Qw

The green strip thing was next to the radio dial, and was smaller than the one shown in the video, also the red light is where the Kriesler sign is. That was placed on one of the speakers.

You are allowed to post relevant links

Yep, that's the one!

Was it a popular make then? How much would of it cost back in the 60's, and how much do they go for now?

Those speakers looked huge when I was a kid, and I think some of the other members of my family were able to climb inside the back of it!

My mum and dad also bought back an Awa Radiola (still got it, but not working, and I think the heat from the valves have warped the plastic a bit!), and a Pye portable radio with a round tuning dial, no idea of the model as it was thrown out nearly 30 years ago.

Due to the size of radiograms and 3 in 1's they usually end up on council clean-up piles (dunno if you guys in GB have these - it's where you chuck anything you want on the footpath and the council takes it away four times a year).

Those that manage to get sold go fairly cheaply - usually no more than $200.

I still reckon the biggest cost to you would be transport.

AWA was by far the most popular brand here, pioneering just about every facet of radio broadcasting in Australia from 1913 onwards. Pye came along in the late 50's - early 60's and were a reasonably popular make.

The Youtube clip is of the 11-103 model. It was electrically the same as the 11-102 except for having a tuning meter instead of the indicator valve, 2 extra speakers and a fancier case.

These 11-102 radiograms would have been fairly expensive in their time as they had a 12" and 6"x4" speakers and an electrostatic tweeter per channel.

Kriesler radiograms from the mid to late 1960's seem to survive in large quantities so they must have been popular at the time.

As Brad said, today they are worth little but the top of the range 11-103 model still sells for around $50 to $100.

Brad said: "Due to the size of radiograms and 3 in 1's they usually end up on council clean-up piles (dunno if you guys in GB have these - it's where you chuck anything you want on the footpath and the council takes it away four times a year)."

Well, lately the council takes what's left after the hoards of scavengers have been past and helped themselves. Time was when scavengers would skulk around furtively at midnight for fear of being discovered and being called "tip rats".

That's all gone. Now it's a free-for-all, with trucks and vans of all descriptions coming around all day and all night.

Over the last year of so, with the price of metals being very high, I've seen metal scavengers with portable drills opening old TVs left on the footpath and removing circuit boards, and leaving a mess behind. Ditto for old PCs and monitors.

Then there are the guys who go around snipping off the power cords from any appliance they find, presumably for the copper.

The council seems to be onto this caper. They say "We'll come Monday", then don't come until Wednesday or Thursday by which time the scavengers have removed more than 50% of the work for them. LOL!

But sorry, I digress ...

FlickyHecky I hope you manage to get your radiogram.