Oh noooooo. Hey - didn't they change the size of the Vic III in 1909... Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "Jay Horenstein" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:34:34 To: 'Antique Phonograph List'<[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Victor III HEEEEEEELP! It's my guess that you have a back bracket for a larger machine like a Vic V. Jay -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:00 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor III HEEEEEEELP! I just measured my Victor III tone arm from the very back of the horn hole to the where the reproducer attaches and it measures about 11 inches. If you need any other measurements on it in other areas let me know. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:49:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Phono-L] Victor III HEEEEEEELP! I swear I am going to chop this Vic III to BITS....I am so frustrated... I got this Vic III a couple of year ago. Nice machine. It had a Vic IV horn, which I sold and then purchased a really nice Victor III horn. I finally took it to sell at a GSPS meeting. Someone pointed out that the beck bracket and tonearm were from a Victor II. I took it off the market because I didn't want to be dishonest and say it was all original. I searched and searched and found a kind person who traded me the Vic II bracket, arm and elbow (and a small amount of cash) for a Vic III bracket and arm (no elbow). The bracket has new decals, but looks ok. The II arm had lost most of the decals. Also the new tonearm looks great. Except for one thing. It is too long. I don't know what it is from - it is obviously a Victor outside horn tonearm, but if I line it up to the center of the spindle and put the reproduce down, the needle touches down about an inch out front of the spindle, instead of on center which it should do. I am about at the end of my rope. I've spent a lot of time and money to the point where I will have to keep this for awhile til values go up - as is I would need $2400 for it. Anybody got a true Vic III tonearm that they can send me the measurements to? Anybody got a true Vic III/IV/V tonearm available??? Save me!!!! Thanks John Robles _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.11/1997 - Release Date: 3/12/2009 10:38 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.11/1997 - Release Date: 3/12/2009 10:38 AM _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Thu Mar 12 13:39:32 2009 From: [email protected] (Jay Horenstein) Date: Thu Mar 12 13:39:52 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor III HEEEEEEELP! In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> The larger machines (like with twelve inch turn tables) used a shorter back bracket so the tone arm wouldn't come up short of the spindle, And would track correctly. Jay -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john robles Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Victor III HEEEEEEELP! I swear I am going to chop this Vic III to BITS....I am so frustrated... I got this Vic III a couple of year ago. Nice machine. It had a Vic IV horn, which I sold and then purchased a really nice Victor III horn. I finally took it to sell at a GSPS meeting. Someone pointed out that the beck bracket and tonearm were from a Victor II. I took it off the market because I didn't want to be dishonest and say it was all original. I searched and searched and found a kind person who traded me the Vic II bracket, arm and elbow (and a small amount of cash) for a Vic III bracket and arm (no elbow). The bracket has new decals, but looks ok. The II arm had lost most of the decals. Also the new tonearm looks great. Except for one thing. It is too long. I don't know what it is from - it is obviously a Victor outside horn tonearm, but if I line it up to the center of the spindle and put the reproduce down, the needle touches down about an inch out front of the spindle, instead of on center which it should do. I am about at the end of my rope. I've spent a lot of time and money to the point where I will have to keep this for awhile til values go up - as is I would need $2400 for it. Anybody got a true Vic III tonearm that they can send me the measurements to? Anybody got a true Vic III/IV/V tonearm available??? Save me!!!! Thanks John Robles _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.11/1997 - Release Date: 3/12/2009 10:38 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.11/1997 - Release Date: 3/12/2009 10:38 AM
