For Sale: Victor V with Cabinet

[krkey1]

I looked over pictures of other Victor Vs and the speed break and speed set on mine is identical to those.

The simplest explanation for my machine is a latter Victor V which came with Schoolhouse Horn. Others like mine have been found before after all.

[krkey1]

I looked at the motor on my machine and it is identical to pictures of other Victor V motors.

[Jerry B.]

If you are referring to my post, I commented on "Victrola influenced features". Originally the Victor Talking Machine Company sold horn machines exclusively. When the Victrola was introduced, it was a huge commercial hit. Victor decided to promote the Victrola as a machine for refined homes and the first Victrolas were very expensive machines. These sold in large enough quantities that Victor began introducing lower priced Victrolas. Internal horn Victrolas were an immediate sales success and other companies jumped into internal horn "ola" production. That's where we get Grafonolas, Amberolas, Modernolas, etc. The Victor company had a huge advertising budget which encouraged talking machine owners as well as new customers to upgrade and buy a Victrola. The profit margin on a mid-priced Victrola XI was much greater than the profit from a mid=priced Victor III horn model. At some point product development shifted from horn models to Victrolas. Around 1914, the sale of horn machines became almost insignificant but there still demand for horn machines well into the 1920's. When supplies of particular horn machine parts ran out, it was easier to provide replacement parts from Victrolas current at that time. Because of that you see many parts on extremely late horn machines that were common with Victrolas. These parts would include such things as tone arms, speed controls, brakes, motors, turntables, and cranks. Jerry Blais

[krkey1]

I looked up other earlier Victor Vs and compared their parts with mine, they appear identical to mine.

I suspect my machine was either originally sold with the school horn or it acquired it very early in it's existence.

Off topic.

Which reproducer is older, the exhibition or the concert( mine has an exhibition)