Is this an oddball "Exhibition" type reproducer?

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Is this an oddball "Exhibition" type reproducer?

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It was on my VV-80? See pic below
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Sorry, here
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I have never saw the screws on the front? WTHeck?

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An educated opinion- that screw arrangement could be to circumvent a patent.

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Re: Is this an oddball "Exhibition" type reproducer?

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PeteLeoni wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 5:29 pm Sorry, here
That is not a victor product, its off of a 1920s orthophonic era silvertone portable.
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Aha! Silvertone. Thanks
I ordered a #2 for it anyway (and rebuild kit for the #2. I think that Silvertone is using the Exhibition size mica and gaskets.

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PeteLeoni wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:58 pm Aha! Silvertone. Thanks
I ordered a #2 for it anyway (and rebuild kit for the #2. I think that Silvertone is using the Exhibition size mica and gaskets.
Sure! Glad to help! I have a silvertone needing one of those actually, I also need an entire tonearm lol....
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This thing is the platypus of wind-up phonographs :lol: Definitely an odd creature.
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PeteLeoni wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:58 pm Aha! Silvertone. Thanks
I ordered a #2 for it anyway (and rebuild kit for the #2. I think that Silvertone is using the Exhibition size mica and gaskets.
If that reproducer really does use an Exhibition size mica, then a #2 rebuild kit will not work. The Exhibition and the No. 2 have different size diaphragms and use a different style gasket. Besides, your photo seems to show what looks like new gaskets anyway...

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I was mistaken. It is the #2 sized mica in the Silvertone.
Thanks everyone.

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