HELP NEEDED: Victor 9-54 and the Electric Horseshoe Pickup, Light Switch Embellishment Mount, etc.

[maginter]

Hey All -

I recently picked up a Victor 9-54 and the Electric Horseshoe Pickup, Light Switch Embellishment Mount and Needle Cup were removed.  Also, I need to replace a couple of the Radiola Knobs.  The Needle Cup and knobs should be somewhat easy to find.

However, I will need help in finding the pickup.  I will take it working or not.  I can rewind the coil, rebuild it, etc.  I have included a picture attached from the internet. I will also need to find the light switch embellishment or if you have one, can I get a drawing of one so I can reproduce it?  So, if you have a pickup  and other parts that you can part with, please let me know.

TIA,

Mark

[MarkELynch]

Mark,

Sorry to hear of your woes after winning this machine at the Stanton auction,

The Radiola 64 tuning knob as used by Victor in the 9-54, 9-56 and 9-18 is slightly different than the one used in the RCA Radiola 64 in that it contains a mechanism to silence the speaker while tuning. Pushing the special knob inward while turning enables this feature. In RCA’s version it was not implemented and they used a regular knob. The feature is not that useful so finding a regular knob for your 9-54 will pose no problems.

 

Good Luck with your restoration,

Mark