THIS ITEM IS SOLD
VICTOR "V"
First of all, this is an instrument of SUBSTANCE. The turntable is 12" in diameter. The motor has three springs for maximum power. The original flower horn has its original factory paint and gold lines in excellent condition. This instrument is scrupulously restored and adjusted.
The original "His Master's Voice" decal on the exterior of the horn. Although the paint and decoration is more than a century old, it is remarkably well-preserved.
The decorative back-bracket still has its original gold and blue filigree decoration. We have professionally rebuilt the soundbox (needlehead) to produce round, full-throated music. By comparison, the average "eBay" restoration job typically involves no disassembly of the soundbox -- they just slap a new white gasket in front of the mica diaphragm to make it "look" good. Just to fool the suckers. We can't tell you how many instruments we have worked on over the past 40 years that had been given this kind of "doll-up." Whereas at phonophan, we take the soundbox down to its smallest constituent parts, check and calibrate each one. No shortcuts.
The Victor V was an impressively constructed instrument -- it dominates a room. Beautiful, medium oak finish. It has a heavy-duty triple spring motor can play any 78 rpm record. Clean, smooth-running, minutely adjusted. No "online auction" surprises here! With phonophan, you don't have to worry about what horrors might have been "overlooked" by an inexperienced seller. Needless to say, an instrument of this size and importance is not easy to pack and ship UNLESS you have 40 years of experience, as we do! Buy one from an amateur, and get amateur service. Ouch!
The small dealer tag is from Lyon and Healy of Chicago, one of the country's premier Victor distributors.
As always, we cleaned, tweaked, tested, lubricated, adjusted every component. This is an especially beautiful instrument, with an especially gorgeous horn.
Price: $2995.00, plus shipping and handling. (NY State residents must pay sales tax, if applicable.)
E-mail: phonotim@gmail.com
Telephone: 585-582-1586
FAX: 585 582 2624
US Post: PHONOPHAN
PO Box 747
Henrietta, NY 14467 USA