Tone Arm Shipping Bracket

[PeterN]

I am new to the hobby, and decided it was time to get my Victor VV-90 up and working. I am working on the motor now, and after removing the platter, noticed a screw hole with no apparent function.

 

After receiving the reproduction Owners Manual for it, it would seem that the screw attached a bracket that held the tone arm from moving during shipment. I would like to have one (just to make the machine complete) should I ever have to move to another house.

 

Does anyone have a picture of one, or an extra one they are willing to part with? If I knew what it looked like I might be able to make something for the short term.

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

[phonogfp]

That's a new one on me.  Can you post a scan of the image that suggests the use of a tone arm bracket?

 

George P.

[L4tD]

Here is an image from the Victrola instruction booklet that accompanied Victrolas in the early 1920s.  I've never actually 

seen one of these shipping fixtures in the wild.

 

[phonogfp]

I've never seen one either!  I haven't even noticed that image in Victrola instruction booklets!

 

Thanks for sharing it.

 

George P.

[JacobW]

Me and my brother have a vv-xi, vv-x, vv-xvii and none of them have one. Maybe the dealers were instructed to dispose of them after delivery possibly. 

Edited February 1, 2023 by JacobW

[PeterN]

O.K. Thanks for the photo. The manual I was looking at didn't have a good photo (not as detailed and a bit blurry), just a text mention of the bracket. Seems to be a simple sheet metal bracket, easily made.

 

Regards,

Peter

[mattrx]

I had one of these on my VE 8-35X.  I can’t find it at the moment, but it looked just like the one pictured, but a little taller. 
 

Matt