The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

Yesterday Fran Pratt and Nate Ostrye stopped over for a visit and we celebrated today's Centennial of Victor Day. On November 2, 1925, Victor formally introduced its new line of Orthophonic Victrolas and electrically-recorded discs. (The records had been quietly in circulation since May.) Victor's new visual styling and sonic performance revolutionized the industry and administered a death blow to hundreds of small talking machine companies. Raise a glass to a hundred years of Orthophonic Victrolas!

George P.

Happy Victor Day to one and all!

Thanks for the graciousness you and Barbie expresed putting up with me for the afternoon, George. As always, I had a great time with you and Nate.

Fran

It's always a pleasure, Fran!

George P.

Yesterday, I had the notion to play my 8-9 Orthophonic, which I hadn't touched in some weeks. I guess I was somehow drawn to do so by it being Victor Day, 2025!