I have an early gold reproducer with the nuts that had a needle bar that looks like they took a round hole and made a triangle out of it.
I tried this a few years ago and did not get any replies. Steve > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:29:52 -0700 > From: harveykrav...@yahoo.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: [Phono-L] Dating Victor Exhibition Reproducers > > A few months ago. I purchased a late model Victor E, S/N 55114. There are > only 2 holes in the back of the case, so it was set up as a rear mount. I'm > guessing this machine is from 1904-5.The reproducer that came with the > machine is S/N 350479. This reproducer is original to the machine. The nickel > plating and aging are consistent with the rest of the machine. The needle bar > has the triangular hole for fiber needles. My guess that the reproducer was > upgraded after 1909 after the triangular fiber needles were introduced. > Originally, this reproducer would have had a round hole in the needle bar, > and round knurled nuts. This leads to several questions about the Victor > Exhibition reproducer. Is there a data chart with breakdowns of S/N's with > dates? When did Victor switch to the hex nuts, but still retained the round > hole? When did Victor use the spring loaded clamp, similar to the Columbia > analyzing reproducer? When did Victor start using suffixes, like A > after the S/N on their reproducers? Thanks in advance for any information on > this. > Harvey Kravitz > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
