Uh, the pics on the left are the 'before' pictures. I bought it stained an ugly
orangish color. The horn was painted gold. I had the cabinet refinished
(actually they had to use a specially mixed stain because the wood, when it had
been refinished originally, had been bleached and lost a lot of
You fooled me the machine looks like an original finish.
RMV
- Original Message -
From: john robles john9...@pacbell.net
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vic IV before and after
Uh, the pics on the left are the
I'm not sure about the knobs -- I think the first one is actually a little
wooden nub, and I don't know anything about the second -- but I wonder about
the decal, since every Elite I have ever seen has a compeletely different
decal -- much closer to the standard Grafonola decal with the word
Then my refinisher did his job! Only he didn't fill the grain like I asked...
Bob rvu...@comcast.net wrote: You fooled me the machine looks like an
original finish.
RMV
- Original Message -
From: john robles
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject:
This is it. I am thinking it is an early version with that decal on it, because
it is the first inside horn tabletop machine made by Columbia. There are two
more versions later - one like this with corner columns and one closer to the
classic 'Favorite' model, and both of those have the
No photos are available
Sorry, john9...@pacbell.net has not enabled any public albums in
their account.
On Apr 13, 2007, at 2:43 AM, John Robles wrote:
Vic IV before and after
I am pretty much done with the Vic IV I bought. Check my album for
the before and after pics.
John
Ron. Yes, they've been converted to CD and the best set is the one that Ward
Marston did which have superb liner notes by Larry Holdridge with the texts
as well.
The liner notes are on the website as well.
_Marston Records - In Their Own Voices_
I have changed the privacy setting to public, so maybe that will help.
Peter Fraser pjfra...@alamedanet.net wrote:
No photos are available
Sorry, john9...@pacbell.net has not enabled any public albums in
their account.
On Apr 13, 2007, at 2:43 AM, John Robles wrote:
Vic IV before and
no such luck - i click the link, it says nothing is accessible and
asks me to log in even though it welcomes me with my user name, i
log in, and then there's no way to navigate to your album.
if anyone knows how to make it work, please advise.
On Apr 13, 2007, at 9:44 AM, john robles wrote:
ok, got it to work - here's a better link:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/john9...@pacbell.net/my_photos
On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Peter Fraser wrote:
no such luck - i click the link, it says nothing is accessible and
asks me to log in even though it welcomes me with my user name, i
I had the same experience. I cannot see the photos.
On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Peter Fraser wrote:
no such luck - i click the link, it says nothing is accessible and
asks me to log in even though it welcomes me with my user name, i
log in, and then there's no way to navigate to your
Ron,
I didn't go through the entire list, but you'll find at least some of
the recordings posted here:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/documentary.htm
FYI, copyright law is a tad more complicated than 75 years... but
pre-1924 materials (including recordings) are in the public
LOL, I just sent them to you offlist too!!
Peter Fraser pjfra...@alamedanet.net wrote:
ok, got it to work - here's a better link:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/john9...@pacbell.net/my_photos
On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Peter Fraser wrote:
no such luck - i click the link, it says
Thanks to George Vollema, I finally got it with the flat blade screwdriver
technique. Then I had to figure out how to tighted the set screw, which is in
line with the governor stanchion. I removed the spring barrels, manipulatred
the motor frame and finally found the right angle with which to
Hi John;
I have an Elite. Both knobs are wooden. The one that opens the
front panel is smaller than the one that operates the shutter. I
think that you would have to make them yourself to match the
originals exactly, but you could probably find something close at a
hardware store. I
Gee, it's nice that so many want to see it!
Thanks for posting that link!
msprin...@juno.com msprin...@juno.com wrote:
Here's a link that works:
http://tinyurl.com/36nd7w
-- phonol...@mac.com wrote:
I had the same experience. I cannot see the photos.
On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:13 AM, Peter
Great news! Could you perhaps send me a couple of pictures of them? Perhaps
with measurements? Where in the Valley are you?
THanks
John
phonol...@mac.com wrote:
Hi John;
I have an Elite. Both knobs are wooden. The one that opens the
front panel is smaller than the one that operates the
I'd appreciate opinions of anyone here about the new four volume set Edison
Diamond Disc Record Labels Discography by Charles Gregory. I ran across
this set on Ebay being offered by the author. There is a good deal of work
by Ray Wile included in the set. Mr Gregory tells me that 176 libraries
Bruce Mercer wrote:
I'd appreciate opinions of anyone here about the new four volume set
Edison Diamond Disc Record Labels Discography by Charles Gregory.
I ran across this set on Ebay being offered by the author. There is a
good deal of work by Ray Wile included in the set. Mr Gregory
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