Featured Phonograph No. 149 - Victor VV-240

[dwkucera49]

It's a rare and special thing to have a machine that never left the family. I often look at the Featured Phonographs. It is nice to have details and pictures of the variety of machines that entertained people during the first third of the 20th century. Thank you for sharing your machine. Is your VV-240 going to remain an only child?

I never had any intention of having another one. But after working on this one and completely overhauling the motor I am kind of interested in perhaps getting another one. I’m sure many here have experienced this, but once you get those springs out and back in and repacked with grease for the very first time, you think you can do anything! Thank God for the internet and YouTube.
If I do get one to work on it will be a table top model of some type. We just don’t have room for anything else!

[phonogfp]

Thank you for sharing your machine. Is your VV-240 going to remain an only child?

I never had any intention of having another one. But after working on this one and completely overhauling the motor I am kind of interested in perhaps getting another one.

I vividly remember in the summer of 1972 when I proclaimed that, having an Edison Standard Model D (2&4 minute cylinders) and a Victor I (discs), those two external-horn machines would satisfy me. I already had a Victrola XVI, an XI, and an Aeolian-Vocalion too. How many phonographs does a guy need?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

George P.