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VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:14 pm
by Detrbear
https://www.letgo.com/en-us/i/record-pl ... 56db66c04f

In Middletown, DE. Price is "negotiable".

If I were closer, I'd negotiate!

Always wondered what the metal horns on these sound like...

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:23 pm
by PeterF
They sound great.

This one has been stripped of its colorful decoration, but I have to admit...it doesn’t look bad at all like that.

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:27 pm
by Detrbear
I'll admit, I would have preferred that it retain its colors too.

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:28 am
by gramophone-georg
Detrbear wrote:I'll admit, I would have preferred that it retain its colors too.
That can be remedied. What can't is that it's in DE and I am in OR. :(

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:55 am
by fmblizz
besides the colors missing it seems to be missing all of the fancy highly ornate escutcheon plate behind the door knobs as well as the three fancy decorative pieces above the doors...

chances of finding any of them are very unlikely


blizz

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:04 am
by Detrbear
Could this have been a special order from the factory? If not, somebody did a nice job later.

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:50 pm
by 52089
Personally, I like it better "plain".

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:03 pm
by marcapra
Some previous restorer really wanted a school version of this like an 8-8. They even stripped the cross design on the grille! But I did see a stripped version of an 8-9 owned by Uncle Vanya that was finished even better than this one.

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:23 pm
by PeterF
It may be the original owner was NOT of “foreign extraction” - and probably didn’t own a confectionary store either.

Re: VV 8-9 listed on Letgo

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:02 am
by fran604g
Damned foreign confectioners!