Victor accompanying furniture
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78recordpicker
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Victor accompanying furniture
I picked up a very nice Victor VI today, great sound from reproducer, all original. For now i placed it on an end table and it seems way too low. So what did Victor owners put their phonographs on 100 years ago? A library table? Was their special furniture made by Victor or secondary manufactures to display the phonographs? What were the brand names?
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gramophone78
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
Is this a Victor VI or a Victrola VI you picked up..??. There were matching cabinets offered for all the Victor models. Price and rarity will depend on my initial question.
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78recordpicker
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
Sorry - VV-VI - internal horn. 12 inch turntable, but not the bigger cabinet. oak, made in 1915
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Jerry B.
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
You just need a nice oak record cabinet. Jerry Blais
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tomb
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
I had one on a 19 or 20 inch antique round table. Table was $50.00 I also found like a heavy duty antique wood magazine holder that was in a V for the records It held four albums. It was a half way nice set and not too expensive. I located them on Craig list. For my VV IV the smaller one I used one of those oak old fashion ice boxes. It was like an end table but it also held records inside. Tom B
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
There are very nice and relatively inexpensive disc record cabinets available that mimic the look of an upright Victrola. The one in the pictures below I bought here on the forum from estott. Fits great, even though a VV-VIII would probably be perfect on it.
Andreas
Andreas
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78recordpicker
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
Thanks! Know I have a better idea of how to display it. Just one more question - are the accompanying display cabinets made by Victor marked? I will look for the mark then for anything that looks like one of these oak cabinets.
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
I have my Victor IV on a fern stand - it's the perfect height for cranking and changing needles.
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
Nice Martin Logans!
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Re: Victor accompanying furniture
Most of these cabinets are aftermarket, so no Victor markings.78recordpicker wrote:Thanks! Know I have a better idea of how to display it. Just one more question - are the accompanying display cabinets made by Victor marked? I will look for the mark then for anything that looks like one of these oak cabinets.
Andreas