[Phono-L] VTLA - Identifying Pooley Cabinet

[Russ Ridley]

  I also just acquired a 3rd style Victor VTLA with serial # 8269  
along with it's bill of sale dated Jan. 28 1909.

  On mine there is no tag adhered to the back of the compartment  
below the horn opening or evidence there ever was.


    Russ



On 9-Feb-10, at 7:04 AM, bruce78rpm at comcast.net wrote:

> I just acquired a Victor VTLA (3rd Style, first Domed Lid Style),  
> serial number 2357, which is from the era that according to the  
> Victor Victrola Website, cabinets were supplied both by Pooley &  
> Victor from 1907-1909, before Victor took over the cabinet making  
> completely.
>
> When I opened the two L doors and looked straight into the back of  
> the square storage compartment, immediately below the horn opening,  
> I noticed a rectangular celluloid ID Plate, neatly attached with  
> two screws. It is White with black lettering which says STYLE B,  
> and Immediately underneath that a large P with a square around it.  
> Does the P stand for Pooley, or would the P indicate the  
> identification of the Cabinet Factory with the Victor Complex where  
> the Cabinet was made. Thanks for you help on this. I can  
> immediately see 100's of VTLA owners who see this, immediately  
> running to their machines and shining a flashlight into that  
> compartment to see if they have one of these celluloid ID Plates.
>
> Bruce
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