VV IX with wheeled cart questions

[PinnacleReproducer]

Hello! Does anyone on here have one of these carts I can go direct with (or public here) with some questions? I think this is the Schloss Brothers of New York cart - called a push cart or tea cart. I can not find any markings on the cart yet. The ad clip below I found on this site in an old thread. I bought this at an antique store. It is paired with a VV IX that needed a motor overhaul and reproducer rebuild. Everything is relatively decent, but name plate needs a little work. Any way to bring back a tired name plate or just live with? I don't plan on doing much with this besides a good cleaning and some fairly heavy play when I get the motor back from servicing. I didn't want to swap the machine out with a mint one since this seems to be an original combo.

The hardware to keep the right cart door closed needs replaced. Repair suggestions? A last owner glued a velcro square onto it. Left door is good.

It was part impulse buy so I am not sure I paid high. I know they call this a school use cart, but for 1915 period I can see these in WWI camp or YMCA halls as well. I have no proof of that - just seams feasible to me...

[FloridaClay]

A nice find. Certainly not something you'd run across every day.

If it were me I would leave that data plate alone, or at most a very gentle cleaning. It isn't bad for a century come and gone.

Clay

[Phono-Phan]

I have one of these. They are pretty neat. I did have mine for sale in the Yankee Trader section.
Use the search function in the Yankee Trader section and search for Tea Cart. Your looks pretty nice and I would just leave it alone after a good cleaning and polish.

[PinnacleReproducer]

Thank you for the replies! I found the mentioned thread in the trader. Yours is very nice! The handle on yours and in the video is a little different than mine - otherwise very similar. Can I ask how your wheels are attached? Mine are each attached separate and are not connected. Very interesting carts! I like the stenciled design on yours...

Here is the thread for anyone interested:
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... t+#p128016

[edisonplayer]

In my Columbia 1920 school catalog they show a Grafonola with a wheeled cart.edisonplayer

[rizbone]

What part of the door hardware do you need, the little ball and spring bit or the cup that nails in on the bottom of the door?

[FellowCollector]

These early "Pushmobile" cabinet VV-IX models are very scarce. Here is a video of mine (early VV-IX version) from my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGT4rz5Vq6U. Columbia released a pushmobile model as well.

Doug

[Phono-Phan]

Mine is still available if anyone is interested.

[PinnacleReproducer]

What year are all of your machines? Mine is 1915. This is the handle:


The hardware I need goes here (top of right door and just inside cabinet):




Bad picture - but the bright spot looks like a thumb tac. Both of these spots were covered up with stick on velcro....

This is how the wheels are attached - curious how this compares to all of yours?

[Phono-Phan]

I am not sure of the year of mine but it has the same wheels and mounting as the one in the last post.