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Having just purchased a nice Victor Royal from one of the members I'm
now interested in acquiring some 7" records that would be appropriate to play
on that machine. I'd like to get maybe a dozen or so to start out.
I prefer instrumental selections but would be open to others.

I know these early records can be expensive but I'll gladly pay a fair price to help get my collection started.
PM me if you have any you could part with.

Thanks,
Dave

Dave, I started collecting 7" records for the same reason. I bought a little Zonophone "Parlor" model (http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=14726) whose motor isn't powerful enough to play a 10" record. As you know, those early 7" records are not cheap. I have seen eBay prices for the earliest Victors run typically from $50-100 and sometimes much higher, depending on label design, title and condition. I am also bit hesitant to wear out such rare and valuable records on an admittedly crude machine.

A cheaper solution to demo your machine is buying Emerson and Little Wonder records. They are common, cost much less and usually sound a lot better than the earliest disks.

VintageTechnologies wrote: A cheaper solution to demo your machine is buying Emerson and Little Wonder records. They are common, cost much less and usually sound a lot better than the earliest disks.

Emerson records are great, I have a bunch of them for my Victor R. Little Wonders are ok, but the titles are usually less than desirable. For what it's worth, your R should have no problem playing 10" discs as well, I use mine all of the time to play military band records out on the porch since its so small and easy to move around.

Of course price will also depend if you want pre-dog labels "Improved" or early dog labels, etc.... Early dog 7" records can be found inexpensively on Ebay. Price will also depend on artist and title.