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Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:15 pm
by Player-Tone
Did Victor ever use black felt on their turntables verses the common green felt? I have seen two thus far with black felt, a VV-XVI and VV-X. Both were made around 1916.
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:34 pm
by Phonofreak
I don't think so. I thought the felt was always green until the late acoustic era. After that. the felt was an orange-brown. Does the black felt look original or a replacement. I never heard of this before.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:36 pm
by Player-Tone
It looks original, but it could have just been an old replacement.
-Here is a pic of the XVI:
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:39 pm
by De Soto Frank
I have the following original, un-restored Victrolas:
1909 VV-XVI B with C over-stamp : green felt
1915 VV-IX: green felt
1918 VV-XI: green felt
1927 VE- 8-12: orange/gold felt
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:06 pm
by Retrograde
Player-Tone wrote:It looks original, but it could have just been an old replacement.
-Here is a pic of the XVI:
AFAIK, no Victrola came with black, just different shades of green and orange for the most part. Looks replaced to me.
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:42 pm
by Player-Tone
Ok, thanks.
Re: Black felt on Victor turntable?
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:34 pm
by whoopinola
I have a 1913 VV-IX with a dark brown turntable felt...original , not replaced , needle chewed to the metal...