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fran604g wrote:

Lucius1958 wrote:

outune wrote:I can affirm as well, that it is a BV--"ish" machine--- the BV "Royal".... I have a nice example of this machine in my collection.
I say "ish" because every BV I've seen has had the Columbia Graphophone banner decal on the case-- My understanding is that when it was sold by Sears or other outlets, as an Oxford, the decal was omitted-- I suspect it was called something other than the "BV" in those cases--however, it was identical except for the decal. Has your case been stripped? Any evidence it had a banner decal at some point? They are nice little machines.

Brad Abell

According to Hazelcorn, the BV is often found with no decal. The 'Oxford' also rarely has a decal; but one might be able to see whether there are any marks on the case from the back bracket….

Bill

Bill,

Excellent point, that narrows it down to the BV, as it has no holes for the back bracket.

Fran

Lucius1958 wrote: Well: according to Hazelcorn, it was the BVT that had the back mount bolted to the case. The 'Oxford' had a removable back mount, attached by a C-clamp to the top moulding…
Bill

fran604g wrote:

Lucius1958 wrote: Well: according to Hazelcorn, it was the BVT that had the back mount bolted to the case. The 'Oxford' had a removable back mount, attached by a C-clamp to the top moulding…
Bill

Good point, Bill, I should have read more carefully. The picture in his book doesn't show enough detail to make out the special bracket that allowed the Oxford to convert to a BV. I'd love to see an actual picture of one, I'll have to do a little research.
Fran