vv-xvi finish question

[Ben the phono man]

Looking at this 1920-21 victrola xvi i notice its been refinished, What would have been the original finish options for this machine? I have a feeling its the standard mahogany but the grain pattern looks different. Thanks everyone

- Ben

[52089]

Link and/or photos?

[Ben the phono man]

Oops! My mistake, apologies. I'm still trying to figure out how to upload pictures. here goes nothing.

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[52089]

Definitely refinished and probably mahogany, possibly American walnut, but would need to see more pics.

[Django]

The finisher left the decal intact. That would be the original finish. If you have a good picture of the inside of the lid, please post it.

The grain looks like Mahogany to me. Unless you want a finishing project, I would pass on that one.

[Ben the phono man]

I could tell it was refinished, its free. Picking it up on sunday, along with an edison h-19. Was thinking it was mahogany. Thanks for the responses

[OrthoFan]

Looking at this 1920-21 victrola xvi i notice its been refinished, What would have been the original finish options for this machine? I have a feeling its the standard mahogany but the grain pattern looks different. Thanks everyone

- Ben

Here are the basic wood finish options for Victrolas -- http://www.victor-victrola.com/Wood%20F ... ectory.htm

Looks like it's dark red mahogany.

[gunnarthefeisty]

I could tell it was refinished, its free. Picking it up on sunday, along with an edison h-19. Was thinking it was mahogany. Thanks for the responses

My advice to you is to strip that decal area. The one thing that's more of a pain in the ass than refinishing a machine, is trying to match a spot of existing finish.

[Ben the phono man]

My plan was to completely redo the cabinet, I have experience refinishing and motor work. we got to the guys place, and he said that the stuff had been given away, (much to my dissapointment) the guy had a beat up vv-ix he gave me. He also had some nice radios he gave me and some good diamond discs. It ended up working out great anyway. One of the diamond discs i got was five foot two eyes of blue by the cali ramblers. Thanks for the help anyway guys!

- Ben