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Hi everyone,
I kindly ask you what is the difference between these two Victor brackets. Is the first one on the left, the smaller one, for some Victor II and the other larger for all other models from III onwards? Please ote that the smaller one is not the bracket for the Victor I which is even smaller. It is in fact an intermediate measure between the bracket of a Victor I and that of a Victor III
Thank you for your kind attention.
Enrico
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Enrico
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Re: VICTOR brackets
Yes, the bracket on the left is for a Victor II and will work on the "humpback" or "plain case II." I think the one on the right is for a Victor M, MS, III, or IV. The bracket for the D, V, and VI is not as deep.
The same tone arm is used on Victors M, MS, III, IV, V, and VI. All these machines used the same tone arm in either nickel or gold finish but the cabinet size varies. The compensation is with the depth of the tone arm. So the machines with the large cabinets, the V and Vi, use a tone arm with less depth.
It's not uncommon to see a Victor machine with an incorrect back bracket. I suspect it's because collectors move parts around because one has better paint and striping. For that reason I always recommend that a perspective buyer rotate the reproducer over to see if the needle comes very close to the spindle. If it's not touching or very very close I'd suspect the back bracket to be incorrect.
Jerry Blais
The same tone arm is used on Victors M, MS, III, IV, V, and VI. All these machines used the same tone arm in either nickel or gold finish but the cabinet size varies. The compensation is with the depth of the tone arm. So the machines with the large cabinets, the V and Vi, use a tone arm with less depth.
It's not uncommon to see a Victor machine with an incorrect back bracket. I suspect it's because collectors move parts around because one has better paint and striping. For that reason I always recommend that a perspective buyer rotate the reproducer over to see if the needle comes very close to the spindle. If it's not touching or very very close I'd suspect the back bracket to be incorrect.
Jerry Blais
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Enrico
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Re: VICTOR brackets
Thank you Jerry!Jerry B. wrote:Yes, the bracket on the left is for a Victor II and will work on the "humpback" or "plain case II." I think the one on the right is for a Victor M, MS, III, or IV. The bracket for the D, V, and VI is not as deep.
The same tone arm is used on Victors M, MS, III, IV, V, and VI. All these machines used the same tone arm in either nickel or gold finish but the cabinet size varies. The compensation is with the depth of the tone arm. So the machines with the large cabinets, the V and Vi, use a tone arm with less depth.
It's not uncommon to see a Victor machine with an incorrect back bracket. I suspect it's because collectors move parts around because one has better paint and striping. For that reason I always recommend that a perspective buyer rotate the reproducer over to see if the needle comes very close to the spindle. If it's not touching or very very close I'd suspect the back bracket to be incorrect.
Jerry Blais