Early L-Door Victrola, VTLA worth it?

[gramophone-georg]

If you plan to ship this across the country, be sure that whoever gets it ready does it right. That machine is definitely top heavy, so the motor board/motor/turntable/tonearm/reproducer and crank should all be removed and packed separately. If not and the machine gets tipped the motor can rip out the motor mounts from the cabinet, not to mention other damage. Once all of the innards are removed, including any record albums, the doors and lid should be securely fastened with that shipping wrap that looks like Saran Wrap. Then wrap it in moving blankets and put more wrap around them, to hold them in place. It should be lifted carefully and preferably shipped flat on its back or securely fastened to the side of whatever vehicle it will be shipped in... Just my two cents...

I appreciate your comments and agree with everything you said. Thanks for the advice. It would be a shame to ruin such a nice machine.

When I made my comment above that was on the assumption this would be crated. I buy 4" memory foam and pack them in a crate that way... encased in foam rubber with all the innards secure with more foam rubber so they cannot move.