I know when I bought my first Victrola the whole novelty of the thing was that you had to wind it up to play a record. None of my friends had ever seen one and it was amazing that it worked without electricity. It was a VV XIV. I gave away the XIV when I got a XVII and had a chance to get an electrola XVII but let it go. When you get into the Orthophonic era, I would rather have a Credenza with an electric motor. I had one which I gave away when I found a mint wind up version. I miss not having to wind it up. I think by the mid twenties there were more electric motors sold so having the Credenza "experience" with an electric is more acceptable. When it comes down to dollars and cents, the general public would rather have a wind up so the dealers "value" them more making them more desirable. Al