Hi Everyone. Yesterday, I bought a nice mahogany VV-IX for a decent price. It needs a little cleaning up and a few small parts (screws and the knob to lift the motor board). I have encountered an issue that probably has an easy answer but it's eluding me: I cannot figure out how to get the horn out of the cabinet.
The wooden slats attached to the horn make it too big to fit through the front and I can't wiggle it to enough of an angle to get it out. I can't remove the slats because I can't reach all the screws holding it to the horn.
I thought about taking the bottom off, but it's nailed on with small nails and I don't want to risk breaking the wood. Of course, if that's the only way it comes out, I'll give it a shot.
Any ideas? Am I missing something incredibly simple here? Thanks.
Ken
Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
I’m reasonably sure it went into the machine through the bottom and must exit the same route.
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
Why do you want to take it out ?adaytoolong wrote:Hi Everyone. Yesterday, I bought a nice mahogany VV-IX for a decent price. It needs a little cleaning up and a few small parts (screws and the knob to lift the motor board). I have encountered an issue that probably has an easy answer but it's eluding me: I cannot figure out how to get the horn out of the cabinet.
The wooden slats attached to the horn make it too big to fit through the front and I can't wiggle it to enough of an angle to get it out. I can't remove the slats because I can't reach all the screws holding it to the horn.
I thought about taking the bottom off, but it's nailed on with small nails and I don't want to risk breaking the wood. Of course, if that's the only way it comes out, I'll give it a shot.
Any ideas? Am I missing something incredibly simple here? Thanks.
Ken
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
I wanted to take it out because it would make it easier to clean, but it cleaned up really nice as-is, so I decided not to mess with removing the bottom. This weekend, I'm going to tackle cleaning the motor, so I'm sure I'll have more questions. Thanks.
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
IIRC, it goes out the back once the upper back panel is removed.
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
The VV-IX horn must be removed through the bottom as Jerry Blais stated. The cabinet back is not designed to be removed.
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Re: Silly Victrola VV-IX Question
Perhaps my dyslexia is flaring up, I read XI in the title, the XI I took apart last month came out the back, I think. Well, anyway it came out it wasn't the bottom (cabinet was a little wonky)phonojim wrote:The VV-IX horn must be removed through the bottom as Jerry Blais stated. The cabinet back is not designed to be removed.
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