Squirt a bit of penetrating oil (PB blaster comes to mind) on that center shaft. Tomorrow, have one of you lift up on the turntable while another hits the center shaft with a mallet. The turntable should pop off.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melissa Ricci Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:40 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery Phono! Vic 3 or Frankenphone? Hi Harvey, Thanks for your insight! Nick is trying to get the turntable off as we speak to check for those extra holes. It is rusted on tight and it has been a long day today so we may wait til the weekend to actually get it off. He says he can see under the turntable and that there do not appear to be any extra holes just the three screws holding the motor on. Thanks again, Melissa ________________________________ From: harvey kravitz <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery Phono! Vic 3 or Frankenphone? >From what I can see the parts are from a later Victor III. The cabinet looks old and original, but not to a Victor III. Did you take off the turn table to see if there were multiple holes in the motor board? If so, that would mean a swapped motor. If not, the cabinet can be new old stock that was modified by the original owner, a dealer, or a handyman. If there are no extra holes in the cabinet, I would strip and refinish it. It would be a very unique machine. Harvey Kravitz ________________________________ From: Melissa Ricci <[email protected]> To: Phono-l <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:34 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Mystery Phono! Vic 3 or Frankenphone? Hello Everyone, Last night, Nick an I won an interesting phonograph at a local junk auction. Someone has spray painted the entire cabinet gold...inside and out! The double spring motor looks to be from a Victor III, the turntable and the upper works appear to be from a Victor III and it came with a ID plate (tacked inside the cabinet) that indicates it is indeed a Victor III. It also came with a nice original wood horn. The problem is, we have never seen a Victor cabinet with this design before. After quite a bit of research, we found that the Vic III came in two cabinet types and neither of them match this one, not even close! We own a late style Victor III to compare it to and it is definitely not the same. Strange. The wood under the terrible gold paint looks old and the back bracket looks to be correct. So we need to find out, is this a Frankenphone made up of Victor III parts with a handmade cabinet or a cabinet from a different machine? I was unable to find any cabinets with the kind of moldings this one has. Here are a few links to pictures we just took. Any ideas are greatly appreciated! http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09701.j pg.html http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09702.j pg.html http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09703.j pg.html http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09704.j pg.html http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09705.j pg.html http://s81.photobucket.com/user/musicalpets/media/Mystery%20Phono/DSC09706.j pg.html Thanks, Melissa _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
