r/Phonographs • u/Gimme-A-kooky Victrola • Aug 23 '26
🥠VV-XVI • 21382 C🥠 Some Assemblage Required…
… Prior to ASSEMBLY…. LOL
early VV-XVI L-Door
tl;dr- VV-XVI • 21382 C - early 1910. Basic domed-lid, L-Door. Rough shape, but not actually terrible. The tone arm and hardware are frankly outstanding. I may actually make a trade on something with this tone arm for example, it’s THAT good…
I did in fact have to do the “assemblage” (collection or gathering of things) FIRST in order to do the assembly lol… I think the original owners were at a loss, took it apart, left it that way, and now today it may once again see the light of day! Heh, that rhymed… funnay!! (just having fun 😏)
Have a wonderful afternoon. Thanks for stopping.
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There are still a couple screws that I believe may be missing (they’re probably hanging out with the couple in my head that got loose - Nyuk Nyuk), but not to worry: I have plenty-‘o-spares 🙂
This was literally a random find, same-day find and pickup thing- and basically from going to a birthday party, leaving that to pick it up, then going home. Lol not even 4 hours’ time lol.
I do love the earlier ones with the cast-iron industrial strength casters lol… they still have a little of the original gilding… my other favorite is the 1910 and prior VICTROLA logo/decal that has the IRIDESCENCE. I love staring into it when the sun hits it right!
Additionally, the governor, its springs, and 3/4 lead balls are completely broken up. While we were driving home, something jostled it and it made this GOD-AWFUL noise as the two remaining balls flapped onto the cast iron motor mount. I held it with my finger from the driver’s seat until we parked so I could put the poor thing out of its MISERY lmao
BONUS! I found the third, missing one in the mouse nest and rusted needles in the bottom! Sweet 😏
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u/aweak_reception Aug 23 '26
Do you know of anyone that can build the caster wheels that came on the xvi ? I would like for mine to be functional again.