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estate sale bargain
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78recordpicker
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estate sale bargain
Hi. Picked up this VV-XI on Saturday for 99.00. It needs a knob, a turntable felt cover, and a few other adjustments. Decent reproducer, good horn. Plays reasonably well. Nickel plate tone arm but you can't have it all. A fun summer project!
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brianu
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Re: estate sale bargain
78recordpicker wrote:Hi. Picked up this VV-XI on Saturday for 99.00. It needs a knob, a turntable felt cover, and a few other adjustments. Decent reproducer, good horn. Plays reasonably well. Nickel plate tone arm but you can't have it all. A fun summer project!
It’s supposed to have a nickel plated tonearm.
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78recordpicker
- Victor I
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Re: estate sale bargain
Whoops yes, looked at my notes again and only the tabletop had gold trim. Serial number traces mine to 1915, also horizontal shelves by then
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VanEpsFan1914
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Re: estate sale bargain
That one looks like it should clean up great!
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tomb
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Re: estate sale bargain
Just try washing the felt first and see how it turns out. I have done a couple and you can not believe how much stuff comes out and it looks a lot better and original. Wash it while it is on the turn table. That look like a real nice buy... Tom