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Yeah buddy I bought the $100 1911 Queen Anne XIV!
To be fair I slipped some extra $$$ to the seller..

It seems to function. But like all 111 year old pieces of machinery it will need new grease…

I got the gold plated Exhibition with it. I’ll need to give a visit to Walt Sommers EBay store for it to work as it used to.

I am also missing those metal slats that are supposed to be at the bottom. The Yankee Trader section will help me with that!

It will need the Ol’ Goop and 0000 Steel wool treatment too!

There are also a couple small metal pieces I’m not too sure about…

Thank You Jerry B. And the rest of the forum. It’s good to know stuff in Lincoln isn’t out of the question so thanks to my Stepdad too!

Ok I made a video of the motor in action.
Are these older motors suppose to be this loud?


https://youtu.be/gJqvklct6LE

I think that the governor weights are hitting the casting.

One of the metal pieces holds the turntable and I think the other is part of a castor.

I’m glad that you got it home.

Django wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:08 pm I think that the governor weights are hitting the casting.

One of the metal pieces holds the turntable and I think the other is part of a castor.

I’m glad that you got it home.

Yeah I can see that. I haven’t much experience with the earlier motors.

I guess that’s why that back caster keeps falling off.

Well I started the first step on getting this thing going. I’ve already taken apart and cleaned up the gold plated Exhibition soundbox.

I noticed online a significant lack of Exhibition back flanges for sale. I can’t find any on Walt’s eBay store or Thephonographshop website.

A forum member is selling flanges he made himself:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=54186

52089 wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:06 pm A forum member is selling flanges he made himself:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=54186

Phew! Thank goodness.

Django wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:08 pm I think that the governor weights are hitting the casting.

If that were so, the noise would be a lot louder. More likely, the play between the governor and the spindle gear needs some adjustment.

- Bill

Lucius1958 wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:15 pm

Django wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:08 pm I think that the governor weights are hitting the casting.

If that were so, the noise would be a lot louder. More likely, the play between the governor and the spindle gear needs some adjustment.

- Bill

Probably something as simple as that! I also need to do some tweaking with the speed control dial too. It felt kinda loose? The woman I bought it from said it was sitting in storage for quite some time?

Congratulations on adding and unusual and early Victrola XIV to your collection. I've always enjoyed the Victrolas that had unique cabinets made before Victor standardized Victrola cabinet designs. The early XIV, "L" door XVI, and table models XII, XI, and X were made with mechanical parts borrowed from the Victor horn machine lineup. I once had a first generation collector tell me the only reason to buy a Victrola was for it to be used as a parts donor. These machines sold in small numbers and then had to survive early collectors. I'm happy for you Andy!

Jerry B.