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Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:55 am
by whoopinola
I've got two VV-50's , both Canadian Berliner Gramophone machines ...Both Mahogany ....s/n 38608 & 37934 .....The 38608 has two Berliner Gramophone ID tags ...guess that they couldn't decide where they went...the 37934 is available at a reasonable offer , pick up in the Detroit area
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:19 am
by mikejk
mattrx wrote:Mike, does yours have the retaining clip for the reproducer? I do not see one in the photos. This may be another difference.
Matt,
The sound box retaining clip is on the RIGHT rear side of the turntable on my example.
Mike
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:53 pm
by 52089
Well, well. And here I thought my little video would just be an interesting way to present two versions of a machine. This has turned out to be very educational. so much so, that I have now included a link to this thread in the video description.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments and all the additional information!
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:54 pm
by mattrx
mikejk wrote:mattrx wrote:Mike, does yours have the retaining clip for the reproducer? I do not see one in the photos. This may be another difference.
Matt,
The sound box retaining clip is on the RIGHT rear side of the turntable on my example.
Mike
Interesting. Yet another slight difference.
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:27 pm
by estott
Mine, with the cardboard needle box. Number 10304. The cast metal reflector makes it beastly heavy.
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:29 pm
by melbourne
Just adding information to this thread. Here is the earliest of my two VV-50's s/n 2919. It was sold by a now defunct department store chain in Louisville, KY.
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:06 pm
by PinnacleReproducer
I like that KY dealer tag!!! I am a huge fan of dealer tags/markings... Here is my VV50 dealer marking for the thread record. Great machine, but may move on for the impending Credenza....
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:52 pm
by Henry
When you're ready to sell the 50, please give me a heads up!
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:38 am
by rvwenger
What a great thread. I'm hoping to get a VV-50 now that I have some more information from this.
It seems portables really started to come out after this.
Re: The two types of Victor VV-50 portables
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:04 am
by tomb
I have five VV 50s So I need to break them out of storage to check them out plus two I am restoring. This is good information on the type one and two of the front crank model if I need to order parts... especially the IV motor for the earlier one