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An early Victor VV-XIV has been aquired over the week end..It's S/N 22366B , a Berliner Gramophone unit , sold by the "Bell Piano Warerooms" in Toronto...It's got the round dial speed control , a forward crank location , full width doors , no automatic brake...the overall condition is good...no veneer issues...some time in it's past a hasp type lock was attached to the record storage doors and the screw holes need to be filled...Almost every screw under the lid has been replaced , with the wrong stuff...The tone arm had the gooseneck facing the wrong way , The exibition reproducer was in pieces , It had a rubber tone arm mount different from any that I've seen before, with a nickel plated retainer that sandwiches the rubber between it and the back of the reproducer....Is this a common form that I've never seen?...The "Bell Piano Wareroom" decal is on the back of the lid....Never seen one there before

"followed me home... Dear, can I keep it????" Now I know what to say the next time I bring one home. I've never seen a dealer decal on the back side. I wonder if it came in as a trade. It doesn't seem like you see too many XIVs. It looks like a nice machine. If you're asking us if you can keep it, you're just asking another afflicted, addled, demented, (you pick the adjective) collector. Jerry

Yes, you can keep it..

Nice Machine. I Believe that cabinet style with the tone doors the same width as the lower doors was only available for a short time.

I wish an Oak Victrola XIV like that would follow me home as it would motivate me to sell my X and my 80 and replace with one premium unit. I have had several near encounters on craigslist but they have followed others home. I like the picture you have with an original Victor Box (crate really) in the background. Congratulations on your new item.