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I believe my VV 4-7 is supposed to have a lifting knob/screw in the lower left area of the motor board and just realized it's missing. Are these typically just the same hardware as used on the doors for pulls?

I believe you are correct. It's just a door pull. Jerry

All the pre-orthophonic Victrolas use a smooth-face knob very similar to (same as?) the door knobs.

When I got my great-grandmother's VE 8-12, the motorboard knob was missing. I assumed it was a knob with concentric rings, like the knobs on the door, and I actually found a modern cabinet knob at the hardware store that was almost identical to the front knobs, only a little smaller. I installed it.

It wasn't until 20 years down the road that I saw some other Orthophonics, and noticed that the motorboard knobs are the older, smooth-face knob ?

I would assume that the knob finish should match the rest of the interior hardware ( brake tab, speed control... )

Ditto Frank on the pre-Ortho pulls. My XI motor board knob is identical to the door knobs.

My 4-7, and 4-20 both have regular smooth pulls for the motor board but in the same dark finish as the rest of the hardware. They don't match the door pulls.
Mike

Tony, Do you need one of these knobs? I might be able to help you. PM me.
Harvey Kravitz

The motor board knob is not the same as the door knob on some Victrolas. The motor board knob is smaller and plainer, and has a straight shoulder at the base. (if I can find a picture, I'll attach it to this post.)

Smaller machines such as the VV-IV and VV-VI may have door and motor board knobs that are the same. I don't own one that I can look at to confirm.