MURPHY MG11-57 'GLENWOOD' (CIRCA 1971)

The Murphy MG11-57 was manufactured for Fisher & Paykel Ltd by Allied Industries Ltd (Fisher & Paykel) in about 1971.

Other radios based on the same chassis:

11-transistor broadcast-band stereogram

Technical Information

Valves (11 transistors):

Intermediate Frequency: 455kc/s

Frequency Bands: 1

Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version)

For detailed service and alignment details, see the electrically identical model MG11-44

Murphy MG11-57 'glenwood'

Murphy MG11-57 'glenwood'

General Construction Notes for Allied Industries Ltd (Fisher & Paykel):

Murphy stereogram model prefix indicates radio bands - ie: SGA is Stereogram All-Wave, SGD is Stereogram Dual-Wave. SG means Stereo broadcast band radio only (stereo referring to the record player - radio was only mono. Dashes and spaces seem to be used in some places while not others - ie: SG1387 is the same as SG 13-87

Dating Murphy equipment is a little difficult due the codes not appearing to contain dating info.  Here is what can be seen from the models examined:

SGx61x (ie SG615, SGD618) radiograms seem to have run from 1959 through until 1961/62 and used Garrard Type A record changers (these were released approximately 1959)

The first digit or digits seems to reflect the number of active devices (ie: SG 14-32 has 14 transistors, SG615 has 6 valves)

Other documented models using this chassis (2 in total)

YEARMODEL NAME
1971 Radiola AG11-57