----- Original Message ----- From: <phonolist at mac.com> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] VV-100 Finish > The full range of oak finishes was available on any Victrola listing > for $100 or more. The chart is shown in The Victor Data Book. > > On a sample of 248 VV-100s, about 20% were oak (again from the > Victor Data Book). > > > > > On Jun 12, 2007, at 6:11 PM, bruce78rpm wrote: > >> I just acquired a Victor VV-100 floor model, which a friend of mine >> found at New Hampshire Dump "Swap Shop" of all places. When he >> called me on his way home Sunday night and told me where he had got >> the machine, I totally expected that he would pull in the yard with >> a beat up old Victor which I maybe could salvage some parts from. >> As it turned out, the only things that seem to be missing are the >> thumb screw on the Victor 2 reproducer and the knobs on the doors. >> There are couple of minor veneer issues, but nothing that can't be >> overcome. most of the machine had a white grunge all over it, but >> when I started to clean it up with waterless non abrasive hand >> cleaner, a spectacular weathered Oak finish, much like the example >> at this web site was revealed. Just scroll down to Weathered Oak >> and look at the example to the right (under the lid). I was unaware >> that these kinds of finishes were offered for medium priced >> machines like the VV-100. I was wondering if this was a common >> occurrence, or this is some kind of oddity for this model. http:// >> www.victor-victrola.com/oak.htm >> >> Bruce >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org