Nice photos of audio gear.
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4-2-7
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ahh, the old felt serenade...
(great photo, too!)
We have a camel back Victrola in the basement. Does the inside of the lid on your unit have an illustration ?
Sorry I managed not to quote the original source of that fine photo, to wit:
http://www.hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/nice-photos-of-audio-gear.139/page-8#post-72824
4-2-7
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What your looking at is a 1915 Victrola, all original finish and parts really. I got new felt for the platter and rebuilt the reproducer.
4-2-7
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Thanks David
With the MC275 MK VI, they have LED lights for the Sentry Monitor system. When you first turn it on and the signal tubes are getting power to them from left to right, the yellow LED will light up under each tube. When each tube is cleared as ready from left to right and working the LED will change to green. The amp will now send the signal through to the power tubes.
While in use if something should happen like a run away power tube or failure, the two signal tube in front of the bad power tube will be lit red with the LED. The power to the amp will be shut down and stopping any damage to it.
Operator at this time would need to turn off the rocker power switch and turn it back on. The Sentry Monitor system will do it's thing again checking and clearing the amp for operation. If there is a really bad failure the LEDs will go from yellow to red and shut down. If not that bad they can all light green again and you can use the amp. But if a tube is weak and you start pushing the power it will shut down again the give you a red LED as to where to look.
My photo shoot above was showing the power up of the MC275s
Very nice. The one we have is not in the same condition. Was originally owned by my wife's Grandparents. Needs a refinish, and I think the "reproducer" is bad. Assuming that's the circular device above the needle. Speaking of which it came with spare needles - you could probably fix one on the end of a stick and go hunting. 
4-2-7
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I play with all sorts of stuff, I'm a firm believer in hands on and within my own system and space. However it doesn't mean it will bump anything out of the main rig or not be added to it. I will setup tables and other gear in front of the system to hook it up and play through it.
Speaker swapping
GW crap
Tables
Amps
And then some things end up staying
4-2-7
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Lots of parts available to fix these up a bit, they brand new needles in low med and high output. The reproducer can be rebuilt with new Mica and the gasket and is really easy to do. Here'a my Exposition just after I rebuilt it I think this was the first year for this TOTL head, it was 1915 we had the Panama Pacific Exposition for the opening of the Panama Canal and Worlds Fair here in SF. This is how we ended up with The Palace of Fine Arts.
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