Ardente Hand-Held Church Hearing Aid Receiver
The Ardente Hand-Held Church Hearing Aid Receiver was produced by
Ardente Acoustic Laboratories, Ltd. in London, England somewhere around
1935. (The address on this receiver was the address Ardente used between
1922 and 1948.)
To use it, you either plugged it into the back of the pew in front of
you (or it was hard-wired there).
The Ardente hand-held church receiver was about 9½" long, and weighed
8¾ oz. It was made of black bakelite.
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Close-up of the Ardente hand-held church receiver earpiece. It was 2" in
diameter and ¾" thick.
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Rear view of the Ardente hand-held church receiver. At the top is the
name "Ardente". Below it is the patent number (553391), and below that
an "H" (maybe a Model H?). At the bottom was the current Ardente address at
this time, namely, "309 Oxford Street, W 1". |
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The volume control knob was at the very bottom of the Ardente receiver
handle (tapered part). From softest to loudest volume was about ¾ turn. |
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Side view of the Ardente hand-held church receiver. Notice the angle
of the receiver to the handle. This made for very comfortable holding of
this receiver. (The earpiece is facing down.) Rather than having a fixed
angle for the earphone, most manufacturers used a gimbal mount so the
angle would automatically adjust to however you held the handle.
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