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Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 6:31 pm
by rizbone
I went to my local antique store to see if I could talk them into selling me a diamond disk motor and look what followed me home. Missing the feet and crank but otherwise pretty good. Why are the feet always gone? (rhetorical)
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 6:39 pm
by Scott
I wish one of those would "follow" me home... Very nice..
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 7:47 pm
by alang
Congratulations! It's beautiful!
Andreas
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 7:57 pm
by EarlH
That's really a nice looking Victrola. Does that one take the small round bun feet? I had one of those a long time ago and really liked it. Someone else thought much more of it financially than I did though. Haha!
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:04 pm
by De Soto Frank
"Feet" ?
Didn't know these had "feet"...
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:06 pm
by Couch Potato
The decal on this is sweet. The Gold Bullet Brake rocks!
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:14 pm
by EarlH
De Soto Frank wrote:"Feet" ?
He mentions the feet are missing, and I honestly can't remember if the one I had came with feet or not. I have a set of small thin bun feet from a Victrola around here, but I have no idea what they came from. They were given to me many years ago. There are pictures of XII's with small feet on them though. The one I had came with a record cabinet and I really did like the thing. The motor is really an unusual thing as well.
Didn't know these had "feet"...
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:55 pm
by De Soto Frank
EarlH wrote:De Soto Frank wrote:"Feet" ?
He mentions the feet are missing, and I honestly can't remember if the one I had came with feet or not. I have a set of small thin bun feet from a Victrola around here, but I have no idea what they came from. They were given to me many years ago. There are pictures of XII's with small feet on them though. The one I had came with a record cabinet and I really did like the thing. The motor is really an unusual thing as well.
Didn't know these had "feet"...
Thanks Earl, I've only seen the XII in photos, so if the feet are thin "buns", I probably did not notice them.
I wonder if the early IX had similar "feet" ? I grew-up with a circa 1915 IX that had the carved "feet".
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:59 pm
by Oceangoer1
Gorgeous! Is that a wreath key in the lock?
Re: Honest, it followed me home
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:09 pm
by rizbone
I think the XI table top had the same feet, and the X table top had small squareish feet. Yes, it came with a wreath key, however the key has no teeth. I suspect the crank was somewhere else at the auction since the machine looks well kept and is clean inside and out. The motor works well once you wind it. He told me he only had to give $200 for it so he sold it to me for $500.