Black felt on Victor turntable?

[Player-Tone]

Did Victor ever use black felt on their turntables verses the common green felt? I have seen two thus far with black felt, a VV-XVI and VV-X. Both were made around 1916.

[Phonofreak]

I don't think so. I thought the felt was always green until the late acoustic era. After that. the felt was an orange-brown. Does the black felt look original or a replacement. I never heard of this before.
Harvey Kravitz

[Player-Tone]

It looks original, but it could have just been an old replacement.
-Here is a pic of the XVI:

[De Soto Frank]

I have the following original, un-restored Victrolas:

1909 VV-XVI B with C over-stamp : green felt

1915 VV-IX: green felt

1918 VV-XI: green felt

1927 VE- 8-12: orange/gold felt

[Retrograde]

It looks original, but it could have just been an old replacement.
-Here is a pic of the XVI:

AFAIK, no Victrola came with black, just different shades of green and orange for the most part. Looks replaced to me.

[Player-Tone]

Ok, thanks.

[whoopinola]

I have a 1913 VV-IX with a dark brown turntable felt...original , not replaced , needle chewed to the metal...