I am so glad to hear you suggest that! I have been thinking that the columns are replaced as well! I have never seen an HMV cabinet so I cannot compare the two.
Thanks! Melissa ________________________________ From: John Robles <john9...@pacbell.net> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery Phono! Vic 3 or Frankenphone? I think it's a Vic iii with replaced columns or maybe an hmv cabinet. It has the right Vic iii design except for the columns. John Robles On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Melissa Ricci <riccib...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Last night, Nick an I won an interesting phonograph at a local junk auction. > Someone has spray painted the entire cabinet gold...inside and out! The > double spring motor looks to be from a Victor III, the turntable and the > upper works appear to be from a Victor III and it came with a ID plate > (tacked inside the cabinet) that indicates it is indeed a Victor III. It also > came with a nice original wood horn. > > The problem is, we have never seen a Victor cabinet with this design before. > After quite a bit of research, we found that the Vic III came in two cabinet > types and neither of them match this one, not even close! We own a late style > Victor III to compare it to and it is definitely not the same. Strange. The > wood under the terrible gold paint looks old and the back bracket looks to be > correct. So we need to find out, is this a Frankenphone made up of Victor III > parts with a handmade cabinet or a cabinet from a different machine? I was > unable to find any cabinets with the kind of moldings this one has. Here are > a few links to pictures we just took. > > Any ideas are greatly appreciated! > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09701.jpg.html > > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09702.jpg.html > > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09703.jpg.html > > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09704.jpg.html > > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09705.jpg.html > > > http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09706.jpg.html > > > Thanks, > Melissa > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
