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Hello everybody

A short while back, I was given a few machines by my friend Matt Kulbacki of Ontario. Among these was a little VV-X, and with it came a set of little grey flocked drawers for the shelves. I have never seen them before or since.* Does anyone here know anything about them? Does anybody know a source for replacement tags (as you can see, all but 2 are missing)?

*Of course, now there's a VV-X with the drawers on Ebay. But I still need information

I was told they are from a Modernola.
Dave

Winsleydale, you have a set of Ready File drawers/trays sold by the Ready File Company Inc., which was located in the Ready File Building in Indianapolis, Indiana. The cover of the company catalog in my possession states "Direct to the Dealer from the Factory". These drawers could be obtained for use in many different styles of phonographs (mentioned in the catalog are the VV-80, 90, 100, X, and XI, and the Columbia G2). While some Modernolas may indeed have been equipped by their owners with a set of Ready Files, this product was intended to be used in a variety of cabinet style phonographs and the Modernola is not mentioned in the catalog. As an aside, the Modernola I inspected sold at the Schlick auction (Donley's Auction Co., Union, IL) last year had a set of conventional black, cloth-bound, record albums with the word "Modernola" stamped on each of them.

I am not aware of a source for loose Ready File pulls, other than other donor Ready File drawers in a state of disrepair.

Bob

Thanks for the info! Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.