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Hello, Can anyone tell me if there are differences in the the tone arm brackets between the Victor IV, V, and 6? I have each of these and can see that there are different stencil designs and colors. Now I am wondering what is correct for each machine? Are the brackets and stencils the same for the Victor IV and V? I saw a posting for a gentleman who makes and sells reproduction stencil decals and his site lists the same decals for the IV and V. Again, just trying to determine what is the same for the IV, V, and 6 (early model).

Jeff

The arms differ in size, as well as design. The III, IV (M, MS) arms are slightly bigger than the V (D) and VI brackets. This is to compensate for the size of the case relative to the turntable. As to the actual designs, on the originals they are not stencils, they're actually hand done and while they all follow a standard pattern, if you look closely they're not exactly alike because of the individual artist. In addition the III, IV,V, and VI have some blue/green detail in the gold. Hope this helps, I'm sure others will chime in.