Given that serial numbers started at 501, that would be extremely early. A real find, indeed!
Loran On Oct 28, 2012, at 3:58 PM, "Bob Maffit" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jerry: > > thanks for the information. I think I have the earlier one as I don't find > any "fancy molding" around the machine at all. > > the phonograph ID plate has, what must be the sn of: 504 > > Interesting, the machine also has a company id plate as well. It is from > Sherman, and Clay co. from Spokane. I looked it up and they started a store > in 1906. > > > OH! I was mistaken, I was able to remove the motor from the motor board. I > just needed a little more time and investigation. > > thanks > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of DeeDee Blais > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 2:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Styles of the VV-XII > > The first style XII is a little plainer than the later XII. The doors > over the horn are very thin. The later XII has a bit of fancy trim that > runs around the machine under the lid and the doors over the horn are > slightly taller. I think the model was made for slightly over a year and > production must have been quite evenly split between the two styles. I > think the mechanical parts were the same for each style. > I think it's very interesting that when Victor introduced less > expensive table model Victrolas, like the table model X and slightly later > the IX, the top of the horn was open and the motor sat in the horn. Any > noise produced by the motor came out through the horn. It must have been an > effort to use up the more obsolete motors. One does not normally find > evidence where Victor blatantly sacrificed quality and performance. Wouldn't > it be interesting to sit in a meeting where these decisions were made by > Victor executives? > > Jerry Blais > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
