I have a completely original Victor II Gramophone which does not possess the measurements that are outlined in "Look For the Dog". The description in LFTD for the original Victor II states, "Although in the later years the instruments appeared to be quite similar in design (to the Victor I), the original Victor II was about 1 1/2" deeper and wider the Victor I". These additional inches would make the first design of the Victor II to be about 13 1/2 Wide compared to the Victor I which was 12" wide. However my Victor II is 12" by 12" by 6/1/2" high which means that it is very similar in dimensions to the Victor I which was 12" by 12" by 5 7/8". Now this is possible of course if my machine was the so called later style as referred to in LFTD, but the description also states that in the later style the ribbed corner columns were deleted when a restyled cabinet patterned after that of the Victor 1 was introduced in April of 1909, and my Victor II still has the ribbed corner columns. I am guessing therefore that this must be a transitional styling, still possessing the classic ribbed corner columns of the original Victor II but trimmed down in size to just about the same as the Victor I. Does anyone else have one these "Transitional" style Victor II's in there possession? Do my assumptions sound logical? The serial number of this machine is 52788. Bruce From [email protected] Tue Nov 8 18:43:12 2005 From: [email protected] (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:11:02 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Searching...Carriage question In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
I was just looking at my Fireside top mount carriage and the Gem, they look like they might interchange, however the Gem is not setup to carry a cygnet crane, which the Fireside B carriage is designed for. I suppose you might use a floor or table crane and a Tizit, and mount a morning glory of some sort. I have never seen a Gem with the top mount carriage, however, so they might not work out. The arrangement of the back rods and the height of the straight edge seem similar on both models, but I kind of think putting the Fireside B carriage on a Gem would be like putting cat's paws on a duck. ;-) John Steven Medved <[email protected]> wrote: Hi John, Do you know if the Gem and Fireside carriages are interchangeable? Will the large Fireside B carriage fit on a Gem? Thanks, Steve > >Can anyone help me locate a cabinet for an Edison Gem? Mine is the maroon >model D, but anything after the B should work. I can also use the four >screws that fasten the base to the metal case. I also need the metal ring >and tiny screw that hold the mandrel on, should be the same size as for the >Fireside. >Thank you! >John Robles _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
