[Phono-L] Hardware on Victor M

[Mike Stitt]

Man Jay,
A crane on a Victor machine!!! Johnson is rolling in his grave. Hell he hung
huge horns on his back mount machines. Next time you are at Jerry's look
around the basement. I'm waiting for the "big dogs" to chime in......
Mike

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jay Horenstein <jay.horenstein at gmail.com>wrote:

> I thought it might be for a crane designed (probably never marketed) for
> use
> as additional support on a very large and/or heavy back mount horn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: Antique Phonograph List
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Hardware on Victor M
>
>
> That's what I always thought;  possibly to hold a crane for a front mount?
> However every front mount Victor or Columbia I've ever seen has a cradle at
> the front of the traveling arm to hold the horn,.  Someone out there must
> know what it's for.
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Hardware on Victor M
>
>
> > Isn't that left over from the earlier front mount configuration?
> >
> > Ron L
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Bob
> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:53 AM
> > To: Phono L List
> > Subject: [Phono-L] Hardware on Victor M
> >
> >    There's a Victor M on eBay.  It's item #  330384586157.   Theres a
> > piece
> > on the back to the left of the backmount that I'm not sure what it is
> for.
> > If you look at picture #11 on the auctiion you can see it clearly.  I
> have
>
> > a
> > similar Victor M with this part on it.  What's it for?
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