Transistor Radios Around the World

1959 Sony TR-810

Coat pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
5 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 15/16 inches ( 133 x 81 x 24 mm)
Eight transistors, one standard 9-volt battery
Manufactured by Sony Corp., Japan

The deal with this set is it's really thin. As Sony advertising proclaims, "World's Slimmest, most powerful pocket-portable 8-transistor radio! So slim--less than an inch thin!" It also has a handsome textured metal face that wraps around the sides of the set, with the middle section painted brown.

1959 Sony TR-810

1959 Sony TR-810

TR-810 ad from November 1959 issue of National Geographic

back to 1959 Japan index page

All content © 2014 by Robert Davidson, worldtransistors@gmail.com All Rights Reserved