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Moxie and Orthophonic, thanks so much. I may be calling on you. I will know a lot more next week after I have gotten it home and had a chance to examine it carefully.
Clay
Victor Colony parts?
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FloridaClay
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Re: Victor Colony parts?
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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FloridaClay
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Re: Victor Colony parts?
As I understand it the 4-3 Consolette and the 4-5 Colony both came out as part of the original Orthophonic line in late 1925 and the 4-5 was pretty much a 4-3 in a wider cabinet so they could add a little bit of record storage at the sides of the horn for an additional $25 in price. Both started out with single spring motors and 10" turntables and that's all the 4-5 ever had, probably because it was made for less than a year and never evolved into later subtypes. The 4-3 stayed in production into 1929 and picked up a double spring motor and a 12" turntable starting with serial number 39,501.Skihawx wrote:My recollection is that the motor is similar to the portable with the single spring motor with spring shaft parallel to the turntable spindle. A very cheap motor for such a large cabinet. Not certain what motor is in the 4-3.FloridaClay wrote:By the way, I am guessing that the motor board assembly and the tone arm and reproducer would be identical to those on a VV 4-3 Consolette. Right? Well except that due to their short production run all Colonies seemed to have had just a 10" turntable. Clay
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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FloridaClay
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Re: Victor Colony parts?
Well drove up today to pick everything up. Came home with all the records and left the Colony with the seller in Georgia.
Basically there was only the carcass of the cabinet left. Whoever had it before the seller had parted it out. The motor and motor board in it were from some other mystery machine and not in very good shape. Ditto for the tone arm and reproducer. The used needle cup and metal bar for Tungstones were gone and the holder had a chunk broken out of it. Even the data plate was gone. The doors were gone and there was a good sized chunk broken out where the top hinge would have been for the left door. One of the front feet had a chunk broken out. There was veneer loss on one side.
So basically the whole thing was ready to sit out by the curb. Sad, but far too much work and money to try to restore to make it worthwhile. I can't complain, though, as the records were my main interest (there were 5 banker's boxes full) and the Colony would have been basically a freebie.
With thanks to Moxie and Orthophonic for the offers of assistance with parts. Just did not work out this time.
Clay
Basically there was only the carcass of the cabinet left. Whoever had it before the seller had parted it out. The motor and motor board in it were from some other mystery machine and not in very good shape. Ditto for the tone arm and reproducer. The used needle cup and metal bar for Tungstones were gone and the holder had a chunk broken out of it. Even the data plate was gone. The doors were gone and there was a good sized chunk broken out where the top hinge would have been for the left door. One of the front feet had a chunk broken out. There was veneer loss on one side.
So basically the whole thing was ready to sit out by the curb. Sad, but far too much work and money to try to restore to make it worthwhile. I can't complain, though, as the records were my main interest (there were 5 banker's boxes full) and the Colony would have been basically a freebie.
With thanks to Moxie and Orthophonic for the offers of assistance with parts. Just did not work out this time.
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.