I know I'm walking into the middle of a discussion here, but I truly hope that no one is seriously considering breaking up a Victrola XII to use the parts on a different model machine -- or, for that matter, doing anything with it besides restoring it.
The XII is a very rare and historically-important machine. It was the first tabletop Victrola, and only the second Victrola model ever produced. Victor made fewer than 5,000 of them, split about evenly between the "old" style and the "new" style. To take parts from a XII and use them on a Victor VI (of which Victor manufactured more than 17,000!), or any other machine, would be truly tragic. If for some reason the machine is not restorable, the parts would be extremely valuable to someone with an incomplete (or broken) XII who has no doubt been searching for them for years. I am the proud owner of two "old" style Victrola XII's, restored and complete with keys. They are beautiful machines, the pride of my collection, although I sometimes feel guilty owning two of them. If someone is looking for one, let me know. MV P.S. If I am mistaken about the nature or content of this discussion, please accept my apology. On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Bob Maffit <maff...@bresnan.net> wrote: > > > phono-list: > > I am exploring the Victor XII I have and before deciding what to do with > it, > I have some questions. > > > > I am a little confused by the disassembly of the Victor XII motor & removal > of the tone arm. > > > > It is my experience that when removing a motor from the motor board, it > involves removing the bolts from the motor board and the motor ( with the > spindle attached) drops out the opening in the center of the motor board In > the case of the Victor XII, "no hole in the motor board, large enough to > accommodate the Cup portion " . So: > > > > Does the spindle top portion above the motor board, thread apart, allowing > the bottom portion to be removed and be separated from the top? > > > > Does the spindle need to be removed by loosening the gear which meshes with > the governor shaft, then pulled up from the top and the motor board can be > removed? > > > > With regard to the "tone arm" removal: > > > > It appears that the tone arm bracket is in 2 parts. To remove the tone arm > from the shaft in the bracket do you: > > > > Loosen the screw in the tone arm from the shaft, somehow, push the rod / > shaft down and then tilt the shaft and slide the tone arm off similar to a > Victor II -VI: > > > > Or, remove the 2 bolts holding the top part from the base and it will come > apart in pieces and can be removed by removing the tone arm from the shaft > after it is out of the bracket? > > > > What is the "function" of the "cup" shaped part on the top portion of > spindle? It seems like a rest sport for the platter. > > > > > > Later > > > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
