Everything about Tannoy totally explained
Tannoy Ltd is a
British manufacturer of
loudspeakers and
public-address (PA) systems. The company was founded as
Tulsemere Manufacturing Company in London in
1926.
The name Tannoy is a
syllabic abbreviation of
tantalum alloy, which was the material used in a type of
electrolytic rectifier developed by the company. The brand had been trademarked by
10 March 1932, on which date the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company was formally registered as Guy R. Fountain Limited.
It became a household name as a result of supplying PA systems to the
armed forces during
World War II, and to
Butlins and
Pontins holiday camps after the war. Tannoy is now based in
Coatbridge in
Scotland, and is part of the
Danish-based
TC Group. Tannoy is famous for its ‘Dual Concentric’ speaker design which places the tweeter behind the center of the medium or bass driver. ‘Dual Concentric’ is a trademark although Tannoy isn't the only speaker manufacturer to design coaxial drivers. (See
KEF or
Cabasse.)
Tannoy’s image is particularly linked to studio monitors on the one hand and its Prestige range of home speakers on the other. Prestige speakers use Dual Concentric speakers and are easily recognisable by their ‘vintage’ design.
The term ‘tannoy’ in colloquial
British English is used generically to mean any
public-address system, particularly those used for announcements in public places, and although the word is a
registered trademark, it has become a
genericised trademark. The company’s intellectual property department keeps a close eye on the media and will often write to publications who use its trade name without a capital letter or as a generic term for PA systems, in order to preserve its trademark.
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