Is this what a 4-20 should look like?

52089 · Post by **52089** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:12 pm

I got the attached picture from someone selling a 4-20, a machine I've never seen in person. My concern is the "open air" to the left of the motor board. Is that "normal" for this machine? Is it supposed to be for record storage?

Thanks,
Kevin

David Spanovich · Post by **David Spanovich** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:19 pm

Yes. Unlike all of the other floor model Victrolas produced, the 4-20 is the only one that did not provide record storage space accessible via the front doors. As Baumbach notes, in "Look for the Dog," there was space for a single record storage album adjacent to the turntable.

There are a few more photos in this post string -- http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... w=previous

HTH,
DS

chem_jv · Post by **chem_jv** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:23 am

Looks like it's missing the turntable.

I can also spy typical pot metal damage and deterioration around the tone arm support.

Orthophonic · Post by **Orthophonic** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:48 pm

Perfectly normal; that's the way that mine look

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