New Acquisition: A Weathered oak Victrola XVII

[Ben the phono man]

Hello All,

A few days ago I saw a post on craiglist regarding a victrola XVII, advertised for only 100 dollars; Upon closer inspection of the Ad it turned out to be in a dark oak finish. I immediately responded to it and set up a date to pick it up. When I got there a week later after a three hour drive, I was pleasantly surprised that it included a key, and the original packing slip. This is certainly the gem of my collection, love the grain figuring. I have included some pictures of it below.

[outune]

Beautiful machine, Ben!! Well Done!

Brad Abell

[Ben the phono man]

Beautiful machine, Ben!! Well Done!

Brad Abell

Hey Brad!
Good to hear from you! It was certainly a great find! I have a lot of cleaning up to do! When I get the chance, I need to shoot you some pics of that cygnet horn, I got all of that haze off! it looks great!!

[Skihawx]

Very nice machine. It is interesting that there was a hole in the record compartment. Was there a hole up to the turntable area to place a radio drive on the horn?

[Ben the phono man]

Very nice machine. It is interesting that there was a hole in the record compartment. Was there a hole up to the turntable area to place a radio drive on the horn?

From my understanding, this was a modern modification. The previous owners said that they had drilled that hole in order to run cables for a stereo system. I'm so glad they didn't think to pull the guts out. Phew!!

[ChesterCheetah18]

Stunning!! One of my favorite Victrola finishes. Nice buy. Congratulations!!!

Steve

[Jerry B.]

Very very nice! I've seen more American Walnut XVII's than oak. Nice find.

Jerry B.

[tomb]

Great find Good luck with the restoration. Tom

[travisgreyfox]

Congrats on a really cool machine in a harder to find finish.

[Phono-Phan]

WOW!!!! That wood graining is great. Congrats!!!