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Somebody know something about this motor I found in an old Victrola VV-XI?
I've never seen this kind of motor before...

Looks like a pretty standard Victor workhorse motor to me... they´re great! But maybe the metal plate it´s fastened onto is of more recent design? Using up older parts at Victor, the box looks like it would have had an older type of motor with the cast-iron metal plate that would fit the same round area on the box...? It could be a very well-made motor change.

The motor looks like a type 7J as shown in this article:

http://www.antiquephono.org/victorvictr ... ld-braker/

George P.

That is a very interesting question. I also have this same motor in my Victor XI table model. It is a workhorse motor but did not think they used these in VV-XI table models? There are no additional holes in the side of the case everything lines up.

Is yours a tabletop or floor model?

My VV-XI is a floor model, made in Berliner gramophone company of Montreal in 1913. That's a canadian model.
It looks to be all authentical.....

phonogfp wrote:The motor looks like a type 7J as shown in this article:

http://www.antiquephono.org/victorvictr ... ld-braker/

George P.

Yes George, look at the number 3

Sohny wrote:

phonogfp wrote:The motor looks like a type 7J as shown in this article:

http://www.antiquephono.org/victorvictr ... ld-braker/

George P.

Yes George, look at the number 3

Yes, but No.3 has the winding shaft on the same side as the mainsprings & governor. No.7J has the winding shaft on the opposite side, as shown in your photo. The motor is described just above where the photo of 7J is shown.

George P.

That motor was a continuation of the Victor III & IV motor and was used in many of the early Victrolas. Because of a lack of space, many Victrola motors literally sat in the open topped horns. Mounting the motor up against a thin metal plate saved about .75" of an inch. This may not seem like much but it allowed more space to close the top of the horn and improve the performance of the Victrola. Jerry

Jerry B. wrote:That motor was a continuation of the Victor III & IV motor and was used in many of the early Victrolas. Because of a lack of space, many Victrola motors literally sat in the open topped horns. Mounting the motor up against a thin metal plate saved about .75" of an inch. This may not seem like much but it allowed more space to close the top of the horn and improve the performance of the Victrola. Jerry

The internal horn is different, too. There's a place for the motor.

phonogfp wrote:The motor looks like a type 7J as shown in this article:

http://www.antiquephono.org/victorvictr ... ld-braker/

George P.

Totally George!