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I think it looks good! The longer I'm in this hobby the more I appreciate things with the original finish, blemishes and roughness and all. Everybody's different (and I think since the 1950s people have been raised with ultra-glossy plastic furniture so it skews expectations). I've refinished several that were in terrible condition, but my favorites are still the originals, by far. There's a certain honestly about leaving an old thing as it is found, and it can really add unexpected character to the modern landscape.

I have a Victrola X that I occasionally play. Every time I do, I'm impressed with the sound and I just can't part with it.
Keep what you like and enjoy it--and thanks for not parting it out on Ebay.

A little O/T but the record I’m playing in the video is “Slippery Hank” by Earl Fuller’s Famous Jazz Band with Ted Lewis on The clarinet. I cannot image the reaction towards such a hot sounding record when it was released in the summer of 1917. Lol.

Well I’m crossing my fingers hoping this machine and my other floor models aren’t going to be ruined by this stupid flood! :

Crap, flooding.

Andy, while I can't help you cheat the laws of nature, I can suggest going and scrounging some large cinder blocks or bricks or chunks of wood--and putting all your phonographs on blocks.

You can also use bed risers. As long as the feet are out of the water they will probably be salvageable--unless there is mold or the house falls in.

VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Crap, flooding.

Andy, while I can't help you cheat the laws of nature, I can suggest going and scrounging some large cinder blocks or bricks or chunks of wood--and putting all your phonographs on blocks.

You can also use bed risers. As long as the feet are out of the water they will probably be salvageable--unless there is mold or the house falls in.

Well it’s not totally severe (only a couple inches) and most of my records and machines that I can carry are upstairs and safe. I also just got word my dad’s house where the XI, 8-4, and the 111 are should be fine. But the house with the c-19 and oak XI I’m kinda nervous about. Because DDs and moisture do not mix. But hopefully it’s only a couple inches and the dds I like the most are in the top slats. Still sucks though, ice jams are no joke. I’ll see what happens on Monday when I can get back into town. Such a shame happening so close to my birthday.

So that is what these cabinets are, VV-XI. I have one that my VV-IX sets on top of and I use the "VV-XI" as record storage. I grabbed it from my brother back in the early 90's as he was about to throw it away (he was helping some "old fellow" clear out his house).

My VV-IX is not exactly stable but it works