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I have one courtesy of my great aunt from about 1969 or so. She was moving out and my grandmother took me to her house to see what was going on. Aunt Elsie made me buy it for $5 which my grandmother had to front. Elsie was cheap. It worked from the gitgo and still does. I never wanted to work with the death spring. The record trays were still full of 78's. The orignal bill of sale was there from 1919 as was the salesmans card from the Jackson Talking Machine store in Rockford, IL. I had new governor springs made and re-made the reproducer gasket with house wire insulation. I replaced the hardened underside brake leather tip with a bit of leather cut from an old leather jacket. 50 years old when I got it. Now 94 years old. The Victor...not me.
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Last edited by Dave A; 10-09-2013 at 08:16 PM.
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