These things have appeared before. They were probably offered as an inexpensive "upgrade" for your little phonograph.. It's pretty surely commercially built, but a ling shot from period furniture!!!!! The Victor Victrola looks better outside of that crate than inside it, methinks.
There were schlock furniture stores in the teens and twenties, and that's probably where that thing came from. > [Original Message] > From: George <victrola at triton.net> > To: Phono-L <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Date: 7/13/2008 2:21:36 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] EBAY #310066418010 > > Anyone have any thoughts about this cabinet? Homemade or factory built cabinet to fit your IX into? > George > http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-floor-model-Victrola-V-V-I-X_W0QQitemZ3100664180 10QQihZ021QQcategoryZ38030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem