The horn is quite weathered and I decided to leave it alone. More of a scared to ruin it then anything else. I cleaned all the metal parts last night and just put some orange oil all over the machine and record cabinet for now until I fine out how to clean it correctly. Thanks, keith
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Melvin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:53 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] just got a Victor V The horn is worth more than what you paid. Great find and great price. I think I'll follow you around and see how you get a price from 1800 to 1000! Congrats! Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carter, Keith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 4:44 AM Subject: [Phono-L] just got a Victor V > Hello all, > Wanted to get some info from all of you that know more then I do about the > Outside horn Phonographs. > I just bought yesterday at an Antique Shop up in Carlisle Pa. > It's a Victor 5 with a wood horn and a Herzog record cabinet( I know it's a > Herzog because of the > Decal on the inside door). > I paid $1000.00 for them both and she wanted $1800.00. Would you say it was > a > Good price. > There are a few things wrong which are: > 1. The wood horn is somewhat weathered , or almost what you call > alligatored, > and wanted to know how to clean it up? > The wood looks more like balsa wood, ( not a heavy or thick wood), it > has > the Victor logo that you can barely see on the horn. > The horn is what I think you call spear tip design. > 2. It has a triple spring and can only get about 80 cranks > and you can here and feel the spring slip. Can't get enough speed to > play > the record correctly. So I know I will need to get another set of > springs. > 3. The reproducer needs repair. > So basicly, there are 3 things to be done. > I was really interested in how to clean up the horn. > Many thanks, > Keith > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From pjfraser Mon Mar 8 09:16:49 2004 From: pjfraser (Peter Fraser) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:35 2006 Subject: cabinet cleaning, was Re: [Phono-L] just got a Victor V In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> to clean the wood, get yourself some GoJo hand cleaner at your local autoparts store. get the white, non-abrasive kind. (important to get non-abrasive!) set down some newspapers and get a couple of rolls of paper towels, then slather on the gojo. let it sit for about an hour, then wipe it off with the paper towels. they'll be black. this is decades of dirt plus cigarette smoke. keep applying gojo and towelling it off til the towels are clean and you'll be all set. use q-tips to get into crevices. On Mar 8, 2004, at 7:08 AM, Carter, Keith wrote: > The horn is quite weathered and I decided to leave it alone. More of a > scared to ruin it then anything else. > I cleaned all the metal parts last night and just put some orange oil > all > over the machine and record cabinet for now until I fine out how to > clean it > correctly. > Thanks, > keith
