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This looks like nothing I ever say by Victor - could it be an "off-shore" model?

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-ANTIQUE-VICTOR- ... 255bde9fc9

Either it's an off-brand talking machine that someone's stuffed a VV-VI table top model into, or it was built to for this purpose. There were a number of similar cabinets, sold by third party companies, that accommodated the smaller Victor & Columbia table top lidless models.

it's a standard victor table model, VV-VI, but with a lundstrom cabinet (originally sold separately), into which the VI could be placed in its entirety so as to resemble a more expensive floor model machine, and one with storage space for records. that one actually looks to be in pretty nice shape, and the set-up as a whole seems priced pretty well too. the lundstrom cabinets aren't all that common, especially in good condition.

If you look at the one picture that shows the crank at one time it must have had a different phonograph because it looks as if the crank hole has been filled in.

Talkophone

That's a particularly nice Lundstrom Converto-Cabinet (Little Falls NY) , generally the Victor is just set into it but someone has gone to the trouble of moving the plate to the lid. They made these in both oak and mahogany finishes and with several variations in the lid shape.

Thanks, guys!

Talkophone wrote:If you look at the one picture that shows the crank at one time it must have had a different phonograph because it looks as if the crank hole has been filled in.

The late examples of these cabinets were issued with dual crank-holes, one for the VV-IV and another for the VV-VI. this appears to be one of the late cabinets. The entire machine is in remarkably good condition.