Chez nous, c'est papa qui mettait Guy Béart sur la table tournante de son meuble Clairtone des années 1960 dont il était très fier. De la chanson française, mais aussi Félix, Vigneault, Léveillée, la musique classique que son frère mélomane lui prêtait, l'enjoignait d'écouter.

Vinyl Engine: The Clairtone Project G #1960s #design

Фирма која не постои веќе 50 г, но креираше уметност што пренесува звук. 🎵 Clairtone, канадски бренд кој ги спои дизајнот и музиката во совршенство. На него слушале Синатра, Хефнер и џез легендата Оскар Питерсон - мојата музика звучи исто добро на Project G како и во живо.🎹

Mayfair Theatre Podcast 570! Mayfair Gold Cards, Clairtone, Pogs, Archie Digests, Death Of Superman, TV repair, Phantom Menace action figures, Valentine's Day, talking during trailers, Catherine O'Hara, and more! Plus, the movies screening February 6 - 12 soundcloud.com/mayfair-theat…

Clairtone Project G2 Mid Century Rosewood and Chrome Stereo Turntable

The Project G stereo by Clairtone, with its futuristic design and unparalleled sound quality, marked a pinnacle in 1960s audio technology. spectrum.ieee.org/project-g-…

🍿 SPECIAL: The fascinating history of a Canadian high-end stereo manufacturer (and its adventures in Nova Scotia in the 1960s) is recounted in CLAIRTONE, a new documentary from Ron Mann (ALTMAN). @carbon_arc has it Fri, Dec 12, with Mann in attendance! carbonarc.ca/events/clairton…

Coming to Hot Docs this week...📻CLAIRTONE🎶 Canadian design history gets dialed up in Ron Mann’s new doc about the rise and fall of Clairtone Sound Corporation. 📅Screening: Friday December 5, 6:00 PM

Good Morning Canada! and friends from abroad! I awoke this morning with a question I just couldn't shake....Why do we act like Canada's decline as a major producer of goods is all related to Trump and his "bring it back to America" philosophy? As someone who grew up in Southern Ontario I know this has been going on a long time. I know we are being manipulated to blame Trump specifically and America in general, but that is just Foolish. The bleed off in Canadian manufacturing has been happening consistently for at least 60 years. Why? So I asked Chat GPT to do some research and put together a paper outlining some key closures and why....very interesting. . From Chat GPT..... "🇨🇦 Why Canada Keeps Losing Manufacturing Jobs — and Why It’s Not New Canada’s struggle to keep high-quality manufacturing jobs didn’t start with the latest U.S. tariffs — it’s been happening for 60 years. From Hamilton’s Westinghouse, Camco, and Firestone to Québec’s Dominion Textile and Electrolux, to Oshawa’s GM plant, the pattern repeats: ➡️ Companies close or move production not because of sudden politics, but because plants stop being competitive in cost, scale, or market access. 📉 Since the 1960s, Canada has lost hundreds of major manufacturing operations: Appliances & electronics: Camco, Electrohome, Clairtone, Electrolux Steel, glass, rubber: Stelco (multiple restructurings), Dominion Glass, Firestone Vehicles & machinery: Studebaker, Massey-Ferguson, GM Oshawa (2019) Textiles: Dominion Textile, Northern Telecom (equipment lines) Most closures were driven by globalization, automation, and corporate consolidation, not trade disputes. Tariffs may accelerate a decision, but they rarely cause it. 🧭 Top 5 real reasons manufacturers left Canada Lower costs and larger scale available abroad Companies consolidating production to fewer plants Technology shifts making old lines obsolete Industry overcapacity and import pressure Strategic pivots toward higher-margin activities 🇨🇦 Bottom line: Canada’s manufacturing decline is a long-term structural issue — rooted in productivity gaps, scale, and investment choices — not just a recent trade spat. Rebuilding a durable industrial base will take policy focus on competitiveness, skills, and innovation, not short-term tariff fixes." That my fellow Canadians is the truth of it.... Something I've been told to seek more of. We just stopped being competitive when up against the "Globalized" market. So when you hear politicians suggest they can "protect" Canadian jobs with "subsidies". It is a lie...they can delay the inevitable, but not erase it. Our Governments can only incentivise our industries through creating a great environment of low taxes, infrastructure projects that help them get to markets, and assistance in creating great trained productive employees and manufacturing plants. This look spanned both Liberal and Conservative governments. We need to elect govt. that have strong commitments to creating a competitive environment for companies to choose to be here....or they will continue to leave. Period....Trump or no Trump. Nothing Mr. Carney is doing is going to keep those jobs here in Canada. No matter what our Liberal friends say or believe....The real effort to create that environment is just not there. Just fancy boardroom talk to make you think he is actually doing something. At least it's comforting that Minister Joly is deeply saddened, and talking to the Companies that are leaving.....or is it? Joly, who is also the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development you would think should be announcing concrete projects to keep those jobs here instead of just being disappointed. has she and her Liberal government done the real work to keep those jobs in Canada or just thrown away tax payers money on ideologically driven "innovation" on Green industries that are failing? you can decide with your ballot....

scrolling through clairtone pictures, enjoying the floor textures on display alongside the beautiful hi-fi equipment

Does this iconic 1960s hi-fi stereo bring back memories for you? The Clairtone G2 Stereo is part of the many Canadian designs that will be featured at the Annual Symposium for the @CSDA_CCAD, taking place September 26 and 27. More: csda-ccad.org/2025-Symposium

On March 28, 2025, Jason Stanley accepted a position at the University of Toronto's Munk School in Canada. In 1958, with $2,800 from his father-in-law, Webber Pharmaceuticals (now Webber Naturals) founder William Jay Gutterson, Peter Munk co-founded Clairtone with Scandinavian

Clairtone Project G, produced from 1964 to 1967

House & Garden’s Complete Guide to Interior Decoration (1970) #Clairtone

18/ In the 60's he was insider trading with a partner (David Gilmour) in what became known as the Clairtone heist. He dumped all his stock at $9 a share just before releasing the dismal financial report which lowered the stock to $1. Canada did nothing. Munk then moves to London.

Car companies: McLaughlin Motor Car Company (to GM), Russell Motor Car Company (to Willys then Jeep), Gray-Dort Motors. Major appliance manufactures: CAMCO (now GE), Inglis (now Whirlpool), Moffat (now GE), Woods (now Electrolux). TV manufactures: Electrohome, Clairtone, Northern Electric Aircraft: De Havilland Canada, Avro Canada, Bombardier. Etc, etc, etc.

Peter Munk, founder of Clairtone, Barrick Gold amongst other, another serial entrepeneur amazon.com/Peter-Munk-Making…

1/3 Stereo Equipment: 1964 & 2024 With its sleek rosewood cabinet and iconic “sound globe” speakers, the Clairtone Project G stereo, produced from 1964 to 1967, embodied the epitome of 1960s Jet Age style. A favorite of Hugh Hefner and Frank Sinatra, the stereo even appeared in Hollywood films like The Graduate. However, with a hefty price tag of $2,000 (around $20,000 today), fewer than 400 units were sold, making it a rare collectible today. (Pictured: Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and model; Photographer Unknown, circa 1964) #CES2025 #music

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The Project G stereo, produced by Canadian company Clairtone from 1964 to 1967, was a design marvel with its rosewood cabinet and rotating “sound globe” speakers. Despite its $2,000 price tag (around $20,000 today) limiting its market, over 400 units were sold.