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Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:19 pm
by jboger
Best I can do for the pictures. Common model?

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:28 pm
by Django
I think it is a XVI, post L door model and pre-1916. Not uncommon, but a nice machine.

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:29 pm
by EarlH
It's the first style XVI after the L-door machine was discontinued. They are nice machines and quite large.

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:32 pm
by jboger
Thanks to both of you. Looks attractive and in good shape. I like the albums.

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:49 pm
by Jerry B.
I always think of the XVI as the "flagship" of the Victrola lineup. It might not be the most expensive but it always had the best motor, tone arm, sound box, largest horn, etc.

Jerry Blais

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:36 pm
by mattrx
The motor on this version of XVI is interesting. Note the position of the speed control in the left rear, not the usual placement. This machine looks to be in very nice condition.

Matt

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:17 am
by tomb
Nice machine ,, The books are in good shape. Tom B

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:24 pm
by Snowball
Looks just like my XVI. It even has the speed indicator in the same spot. Most XVIs I see for sale in antique shops or whatever have the speed indicator in the bottom right.

Re: Which Victrola upright is this?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:36 pm
by oldphonographsteve
This version of the XVI was the first to have regular doors after the discontinued L door version. This model of the XVI, the type E, was made from the fall of 1912 until the fall of 1913. It has some of the most ornate carving that ever adorned a Victrola.

-Stephen