Is this VV-230 Circassian Walnut?

[TinfoilPhono]

Here you go, Paul. I took these at Union in 2004 when you had it on display. It looked amazing and sounded great.

[Victrola-Monkey]

Edisonclassm, you did an incredible job, truly extraordinary. Now, that is my favorite machine ever!

TinfoilPhono, thank you very much for posting the above photos.

Getting back to the CW VV-230...Paul Edie from Victor-Victrola.com has stated that mine made the 6th one in his data base. Where there are four CW VV-230s (serial numbers 1015, 1017, 1033, & 1041) and two CW VE-230s (serial numbers 1401 & 1410). Also that there are 999 total 230s with two of them being Oak. Currently there is a grand total of over 180,000 machines in his data base. Paul Edie also indicated that he has written a detailed article regarding the Victrola survival database for the March issue of the Antique Phonograph Society.

[phonogfp]

Getting back to the CW VV-230...Paul Edie from Victor-Victrola.com has stated that mine made the 6th one in his data base. Where there are four CW VV-230s (serial numbers 1015, 1017, 1033, & 1041) and two CW VE-230s (serial numbers 1401 & 1410).

Circassian Walnut VV-230 No.1000 is shown on pages 184 and 185 of A World of Antique Phonographs.

George P.

[edisonclassm]

Thanks Rene,
The people who own this machine now hosted an open house for the annual meeting for MBSI(Music Box Society International) this summer. I helped them with demonstrating their machines and this one was a favorite with the MBSI members! One of my better achievments.

[edisonclassm]

The VV-330 I used to own is also somewhere in Canada. I have no idea where. Maybe somebody out there knows?

[gunnarthefeisty]

Hold on, I may have missed something- these are REPRODUCTION Auxetophones? That's nothing short of incredible.

[Jerry B.]

Looks like Circassiqn walnut to me. You'd think Victor was long past using Circassian but sometimes they did particularly for a milestone serial number. Just for fun, what is the serial number of your Victrola?

Jerry B.

[Django]

Looks like Circassiqn walnut to me. You'd think Victor was long past using Circassian but sometimes they did particularly for a milestone serial number. Just for fun, what is the serial number of your Victrola?

Jerry B.

My VV-230 is not the machine that you asked about, but I added it here for reference. Maybe some later Circassian Walnut machines did mark milestones, but mine seems to have an unremarkable serial number, 3568. It is a VV-230, and definitely Circassian Walnut.