1917 Victor V Phonograph With Original Victor 22″ Spear Tip Oak Horn
$4,500.00
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The Victor V was the successor to the Victor D and was the company’s flagship outside horn oak phonograph until it was discontinued almost 20 years later. In 1906, the Victor V’s styling changed dramatically, from Rococo to Mission, but the phonograph otherwise remained pretty much the same, with a 12″ turntable, a triple spring motor, and a solid quartersawn oak cabinet. When new, it sold for $75 with an oak horn, about two month’s wages for the average American worker.
This Victor V is in outstanding condition throughout, and it needs nothing to be enjoyed immediately. It runs quietly, and it runs for a long time.
Solid oak cabinet retains its original finish and it’s still silky smooth, with no issues. Victor data tag is clean, complete and legible. All of the Mission trim is original and undamaged. Complete original paper license is still affixed to the underside of the baseboard; original paper oiling instructions are still affixed to the interior of the cabinet.
Back-bracket enamel is clean and original, as are the decorations. All nickel plating is original.
Clean mechanism, clean turntable, clean original crank. Victor Exhibition reproducer has a good needle bar and a good diaphragm, and it sounds great.
Original Victor Spear Tip oak horn is in excellent condition and has a crisp original Nipper decal and a clean original finish. No splintered wood, no warping, no rim splits. Original and correct slip-in elbow, with a slot at 12 o’clock, facing up. Nipper is at 6 o’clock, facing down.
The horn collar and the turntable felt have been replaced. The phonograph is otherwise original throughout, with no replica or incorrect parts.
Runs well and sounds great. You will be hard-pressed to find a better Victor V anywhere.
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