This will be packaged and shipped with care. The clips holding the crank and playing arm work fine. The player winds and plays good and loud. There is some scratches to the veneer and a screw missing from the crank hole. had a hand in producing these later cabinets as well.1922 Victor - Victrola Phonograph Player Model VV-50 Serial Number: 378 Model Serial Numbers Ranged from 26201-61400 This Beautiful and Completely Original Victrola is in good working condition. The meaning of this is unknown, but may be an indication that the Pooley Furniture Co. The XVI cabinet is labelled as "Style B," while the XX cabinet is labelled "Style C." Could the earlier Pooley cabinet be considered as "Style A?" Unfortunately, tags of this nature have not been found in these early cabinets.Įach tag also shows the letter "P" inside a square. Inside each style XVI and XX VTLA is a celluloid tag located on the back wall of the 12 inch record storage area. The XVI cabinet design was simplified, but retained the distinctive L-doors until serial number 60000 in 1912. Now for the bottom line - just how many VTLAs were manufactured? The current estimates are:Īccordingly, VTLA serial numbers ended in 1909 at about 12000. However, XVI and the short lived XX style serial numbers are intermixed. As you might expect, the earliest serial numbers correspond to the Mertz and Pooley cabinets. The chart on the left shows a sampling of surviving VTLA serial numbers. The fact is that all pre-1909 Victrolas were lumped into the same VTLA serial number block, regardless of the cabinet style. On the surface, VTLA serial numbers don't seem to make much sense. As cabinet production eventually moved into the Victor facilities, the VTLA designation and serial number series continued to be used on the newer Victrola styles. These L-door style cabinets were given VTLA (shorthand for Vic Tro LA) serial numbers. The first Victrola cabinets were manufactured by the Pooley Furniture Company in 1906. The Victor Victrola, the first phonograph to have its horn enclosed in a cabinet, began life on the drawing board as early as 1903. The hallmark of the VTLA series is the distintive "L" door cabinet design. The Victor Victrola VTLA designation encompassed the four earliest Victrola styles, which include the Mertz (not shown), Pooley (a.k.a. The Old Crank - The Victor Victrola VTLA The Victor Victrola V TLA
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