VV-X tabletop

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Covah
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VV-X tabletop

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Here is a VV-X tabletop I picked up last weekend. It was fun to clean up. It goes on eBay Sunday evening.

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If you are selling it on ebay, what is the best way to ship it? Thanks, Jerry
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Nice finish on the cabinet there. Did you have to clean up the woodwork much?
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Ahh, I thought it might be you Bruce. I did not make it to the garage sale in time so someone swooped it up.
Its ok though, glad you were the one to pick it up. :)
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Re: VV-X tabletop

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I like the forward mounted crank, don't have to lean in as much. You could even change needles with one hand and crank with the other.
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Isn't the early X one of the machines where the motor actually sits in the open horn? Most of the time Victor didn't cut corners in quality but that model must have been rushed into production. Jerry Blais
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I wonder which motor this one has? This is definately a nice looking machine. It seems some of the forward crank motors are getting hard to get parts for....but still a very nice machine.
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Victrolacollector wrote:I wonder which motor this one has? This is definately a nice looking machine. It seems some of the forward crank motors are getting hard to get parts for....but still a very nice machine.
Here's a Victor motor guide previously posted on this site:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... ide#p21657
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Isn't it basically a slightly modified Vic III or IV motor? Parts should not be difficult to obtain. Jerry
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Re: VV-X tabletop

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Forgot to list. Oh well, next Sunday. It will be shipped disassembled, in two boxes.

The motor is the same two-spring as on a 1910-1913 VV-IX, etc. This motor had the taper pin that locks the winding gear onto the first spring barrel sheared off. When the motor backwound the other spring expanded past the arbor. Also the governor pad was rubbed off and lost. A new taper pin, recrimp the spring, and a replacement pad from a junk motor and she's as good as new. Played sample record both sides.

Note the close horn slats. This does have the motor in the horn. It is the second production run, with the scissor-style brake that is a poor design and was never used again. This obviously was an upscale VV-IX. This rare tabletop VV-X is the first I have seen, and probably the last. The thrill is in the hunt, chase, the capture, the dressing. Then it is on to another.
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