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Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:11 pm
by MasterJack555
I have a 1904 Victor Royal and I recently noticed some discoloration from the previous owners fingerprints on the front of the horn which in colour appears to be brass. I assume this can be fixed with a simple polishing, but I'm not sure if its actually brass or just a coating since I saw on
http://www.victor-victrola.com/Victor%20R.htm that the horn was at least partly stamped steel.
How should I go about removing these prints?
Some images of the effected area:
Re: Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:33 pm
by phonogfp
That's brass, so feel free to polish. Here's a posting that may help:
https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/16 ... polishing/
George P.
Re: Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:16 pm
by MisterGramophone
They don’t need to be polished, it doesn’t change sound quality.
Re: Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:51 pm
by JeffR1
Could have just used a magnet in this case.
Re: Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:31 pm
by MasterJack555
JeffR1 wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:51 pm
Could have just used a magnet in this case.
Dumb question but how does one use a magnet to clean metal?
Re: Polishing Brass (coloured?) tip of 1904 Victor-Royal Horn
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:12 pm
by JerryVan
MasterJack555 wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:31 pm
JeffR1 wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:51 pm
Could have just used a magnet in this case.
Dumb question but how does one use a magnet to clean metal?
One uses a magnet to determine if it's actually brass, which was a question of yours.