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Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:57 pm
by OrthoSean
Try cleaning the gold parts in simple ammonia, just soak them in it for a little bit, maybe 10 minutes. You'll be amazed at the results and it won't hurt a thing. I use a soft toothbrush to gently clean them followed by a quick rinse with water and set them in the sun to dry. My XVII and XVIII both had gold plating so filthy it was brown and this took care of that.
Congrats!
Sean
Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:41 pm
by CDBPDX
OrthoSean wrote:Try cleaning the gold parts in simple ammonia, just soak them in it for a little bit, maybe 10 minutes. You'll be amazed at the results and it won't hurt a thing. I use a soft toothbrush to gently clean them followed by a quick rinse with water and set them in the sun to dry. My XVII and XVIII both had gold plating so filthy it was brown and this took care of that.
Congrats!
Sean
Thanks for that tip! CDB
Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:27 am
by CDBPDX
The ammonia soak worked! Thanks!
Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:11 pm
by OrthoSean
Glad to see it worked well. My XVIII had gold both inside and out that was filthy. It all cleaned up like new. I need to do the parts on my Japanese lacquer 130 one of these days....
Sean
Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:49 am
by Victrola-Monkey
Hey Cliff, I just secured a VV-330 in Southern California for $450 with serial #915 and yours, I see, is #951. For a moment there I thought I had your machine since the asking price was $675, close to the asking price for yours. Clearly The finish is not perfect and bit of a chunk missing from the front corner, but so do I. It's not as nice as your deal but it's certainly a better deal than the yellow painted VV-330 (no guts - cabinet only) on Craigslist in Northern Florida for $400. -Wayne
Re: SOLD: VV-330 in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:04 am
by Andreas Gramophones
Beautiful acquisition in Brazil horizontal Victrolas are well valued, have my VV-330 also, serial number 3008.
Re: VV-330 For Sale in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:33 am
by edisonplayer
Retrograde wrote:gramophone78 wrote:Phonofreak wrote:With his attitude, and high price, it will remain in the store for a long time.
Harvey Kravitz
Harvey, you beat me to the post on that one. His prices are very high in that store. He also likes machine himself I believe. I have never bought a thing when I go in there....
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you got to wonder, if it's so valuable, why is there sh!t stacked on top of it?
Re: SOLD: VV-330 in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:39 am
by edisonplayer
Eldridge Johnson did NOT want his Victrolas to be used as tables.Victor dealers griped that they refused to put out console models,so they came out with those humpbacks!They did not sell well.edisonplayer
Re: SOLD: VV-330 in Aurora, Oregon
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:24 am
by brianu
edisonplayer wrote:Eldridge Johnson did NOT want his Victrolas to be used as tables.Victor dealers griped that they refused to put out console models,so they came out with those humpbacks!They did not sell well.edisonplayer
my understanding of the story was that, once the company started manufacturing "console" or "lowboy" type cabinets (the 210's and 215's, all those common flat ones) and noticed that people were also using them as tables, johnson had a fit and devised the slanted tops to prevent people from being able to put anything safely on them. although maybe that's just more victor folklore.