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Most of us collect phonographs for differen reasons. Some for mechanics, some for sound,the list goes on. I love the cabinets and innovations as well as the afore mentioned reasons. Here is a strange one that I got from a collector friend of mine who knows my affinity for cabinets. This thing is large, 27 in deep and 46 in wide, but the strangest thing is the fact that there is a whole (sans lid)VV-IX dropped into the cabinet with inches to spare around the sides. Then a factory made and finished surround applied to the top to incorporate it into the cabinet. There was a tag that read "consolette", a Victor name but in a painted tin plate over the original decal. When I removed this the original beneath was" Strand", a brand that I already have one example of, in a Queen anne style cabinet.
Some enterprising company must have bought up existing Strand cabinets and marketed them as convertable cabinets for smaller phonos, such as the Converto company did in the early 20s Thought everyone would like to see this remarkable conversion...enjoy
Ed

Wow, that's a nice piece of furniture and a great way to upgrade the look of a VV-IX that someone maybe already had. And probably cheaper than buying an upscale or art model. Always interesting to see these business ideas.
Thanks for sharing.
Andreas

EFearing wrote:Most of us collect phonographs for differen reasons. Some for mechanics, some for sound,the list goes on. I love the cabinets and innovations as well as the afore mentioned reasons. Here is a strange one that I got from a collector friend of mine who knows my affinity for cabinets. This thing is large, 27 in deep and 46 in wide, but the strangest thing is the fact that there is a whole (sans lid)VV-IX dropped into the cabinet with inches to spare around the sides. Then a factory made and finished surround applied to the top to incorporate it into the cabinet. There was a tag that read "consolette", a Victor name but in a painted tin plate over the original decal. When I removed this the original beneath was" Strand", a brand that I already have one example of, in a Queen anne style cabinet.
Some enterprising company must have bought up existing Strand cabinets and marketed them as convertable cabinets for smaller phonos, such as the Converto company did in the early 20s Thought everyone would like to see this remarkable conversion...enjoy
Ed

How much did you have to give for it? I bet the owner didn't let it go cheap.

A really handsome cabinet.

Clay

SquireWill wrote:

EFearing wrote:Most of us collect phonographs for differen reasons. Some for mechanics, some for sound,the list goes on. I love the cabinets and innovations as well as the afore mentioned reasons. Here is a strange one that I got from a collector friend of mine who knows my affinity for cabinets. This thing is large, 27 in deep and 46 in wide, but the strangest thing is the fact that there is a whole (sans lid)VV-IX dropped into the cabinet with inches to spare around the sides. Then a factory made and finished surround applied to the top to incorporate it into the cabinet. There was a tag that read "consolette", a Victor name but in a painted tin plate over the original decal. When I removed this the original beneath was" Strand", a brand that I already have one example of, in a Queen anne style cabinet.
Some enterprising company must have bought up existing Strand cabinets and marketed them as convertable cabinets for smaller phonos, such as the Converto company did in the early 20s Thought everyone would like to see this remarkable conversion...enjoy
Ed

How much did you have to give for it? I bet the owner didn't let it go cheap.

$200

EFearing wrote:

SquireWill wrote:

EFearing wrote:Most of us collect phonographs for differen reasons. Some for mechanics, some for sound,the list goes on. I love the cabinets and innovations as well as the afore mentioned reasons. Here is a strange one that I got from a collector friend of mine who knows my affinity for cabinets. This thing is large, 27 in deep and 46 in wide, but the strangest thing is the fact that there is a whole (sans lid)VV-IX dropped into the cabinet with inches to spare around the sides. Then a factory made and finished surround applied to the top to incorporate it into the cabinet. There was a tag that read "consolette", a Victor name but in a painted tin plate over the original decal. When I removed this the original beneath was" Strand", a brand that I already have one example of, in a Queen anne style cabinet.
Some enterprising company must have bought up existing Strand cabinets and marketed them as convertable cabinets for smaller phonos, such as the Converto company did in the early 20s Thought everyone would like to see this remarkable conversion...enjoy
Ed

How much did you have to give for it? I bet the owner didn't let it go cheap.

$200

I saw a very similar machine posted in Michigan on CL, the owner wanted 6000. Thought this was the machine.