This sounds really quite good! Please share where you had the improvements done.

That's a beautiful looking machine, & I'm surprised that no one has commented so far. If it is a Panatrope, that means it would've been made in the 1925-1928 period, & was made specifically for playback of the newly introduced electrically recorded("Orthophonic"/"Viva Tonal&qu...

Adding to this topic I'll mention that the earlier Victrolas up to the 1924-1925 period has brass tonearms that were either nickled or goldplated. It's the tonearm brackets that were of pot metal, & will sometimes crack or break apart.The reproducers were not made of pot metal on these. The &quo...

This VV-80 was a replacement for the VV-X, which was made from 1913-1921. Both of these models were the very cheapest entry-level model of Victrola you could buy from the Victor company. The next one up in the line was the VV-XI, replaced in 1922 by the VV-90. The machine you are considering is a $2...

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