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Old 12-15-2014, 01:27 AM
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Help identify 1950s phonograph

I'm looking for any kind of lead to track down the make and model of this record player from ~1956. It may have had a VM 950 changer, but I'm not absolutely certain that's what it was. It was phono only and had three speakers: a 12" and two 4(?)" The tweeters had enclosed baskets and had hex nuts in the center of their cones. All three speakers were painted radiola-chassis brown.



It *may* have been sold on/near a US military base in Germany. My dad served there in the mid 50s. Any help is appreciated.
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Old 12-15-2014, 09:34 AM
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I'm looking for any kind of lead to track down the make and model of this record player from ~1956. It may have had a VM 950 changer, but I'm not absolutely certain that's what it was. It was phono only and had three speakers: a 12" and two 4(?)" The tweeters had enclosed baskets and had hex nuts in the center of their cones. All three speakers were painted radiola-chassis brown.



It *may* have been sold on/near a US military base in Germany. My dad served there in the mid 50s. Any help is appreciated.
It doesn't seem to be an American make, by your description! Maybe British or Italian.
V-M did build record changers for the export market.
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Old 12-15-2014, 12:21 PM
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I've seen a few different American made units from different brands with that general cabinet style so identifying it by cabinet alone will be a challenge.
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Old 12-16-2014, 04:03 AM
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...but persistence pays off! Only with equal parts joy and heartache as it turns out. It's British-made, and apparently was also available as a Yankee export model.
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Old 12-16-2014, 11:51 AM
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...but persistence pays off! Only with equal parts joy and heartache as it turns out. It's British-made, and apparently was also available as a Yankee export model.
It looks like the owners have a cat and a male dog.
I don't know if RCA had an interest in HMV, back then.
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