Would you take strip a perfectly good vv-Iv for parts?

[bingchen1]

With the correct length tone arm the needle with touch or be very very close to the spindle. That would be an indication of a correct tone arm. Jerry

Oh yes the tone arm length is correct. The needle slot almost sits on the spindle.

Taking couple key part off a complete and working machine which renders it incomplete and not working only to be parted out? Hmmmmm.... No look for parts and keep the machine. Isn't this the same thing that we complain about regarding eBay sellers?

=( I feel bad about it, but sadly I have to pay my tuition somehow.

Well, let's do the math. Victor Sold more than a half-million Victrola IV machines. They are abundant. The Victor II on the other hand is more than an order of magnitude scarcer. No brainer here. Fix your Victror II and keep the cabinet and other parts from the Victrola IV. You will doubtless eventually find a Victrola IV in awful condition to serve as a parts donor to get THAT machine working, also. Of course if the Victrola in question were a Type M or Type A with the metal grille then I'd preserve it strictly as-is, but any later machine is so common as to be of negligable historic value, unless it is extremely late, say a 1925 production machine with the "T" shaped tone arm end, or something with a special order finish.

It's a very common iv. I would never take apart a special machine for parts. =)

[Duchesne]

It would depend on which one was more valuable, or which one you preferred more. I'm currently looking for sapele finished VV-IX cabinet - just the cabinet - or just the sapele veneer.
I can't afford to buy a 4 x8 sheet so I'm waiting for a 1950's/ 1960's era sapele veneered door to show up at the salvage lot.