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schweg wrote: So Brad, if the Circassian XVI is only about 15 miles drive, but about $9000 out of your way---How does less than half the price, but 1,700 miles drive work? I'm not so good at math!!

Steve (needs a calculator to count myself out of the running on this one)

I would have to run the analysis, which would be difficult because I would still be looking 15 miles away. I would love to have that machine......

OrthoSean wrote:Thanks everyone, just for fun, here's a pic of the first three versions of the XVI together (now if I only could rustle up a Pooley flat top!). The dog is Lucy, the voice of all these Victors!

Hi Sean,

Wow, what a find!! Or couple of finds! And your refinishing jobs are top notch, as always....
You don't happen to have another set of albums for an L door just laying around, do you?

And folks, I've had the pleasure of meeting Lucy, she's a doll!!

Here is another nice L-Door. $600 seems much more reasonable. Not too bad...

Looks like fumed oak on the last one, my favorite Victor finish. L-doors seem to be popping up all over lately.

Gary, I have some VTLA / L-door record boxes, yes, I'll email you about them later this evening or tomorrow.

Sean

GaryLC wrote:

OrthoSean wrote:Thanks everyone, just for fun, here's a pic of the first three versions of the XVI together (now if I only could rustle up a Pooley flat top!). The dog is Lucy, the voice of all these Victors!

Hi Sean,

Wow, what a find!! Or couple of finds! And your refinishing jobs are top notch, as always....
You don't happen to have another set of albums for an L door just laying around, do you?

And folks, I've had the pleasure of meeting Lucy, she's a doll!!

I'm pretty sure that Sean didn't refinish these, just clean and waxed the cabinets. It's all in the wrist action!

Yes, I should have phrased it better, I know Sean is king of using that Gojo!! He can make a dirty old machine look brand new again!

Beautiful machines and great job cleaning them up, Sean! I'm new to this and just picked up my second machine, a 1916 Victor XI that checks out great mechanically but looks like the first machine in your post in desperate need of a good cleaning and polishing. I hear about GoJo, Kotton Kleanser, Lemon oil all being used to clean up dirty cabinets and it makes a newbee like me very apprehensive about what to use??? Any input/advice from you or any other members would be GREATLY appreciated! I'd love to get my XI looking like yours!
Thanks!
Glenn

I'll try to put a post up in the "hints" section later today. Sorry it's taken a while, but it's been a busy week here.

Sean