Victrola VV-XVI

In 1906 Victor tucked the horn inside a piece of furniture and called it the Victor-Victrola. The first ones cost $200, twice the price of Victor's top outside-horn machine, so they went to well-off buyers. This XVI, the model that grew out of that first cabinet, is dated 1907 by the Kanazawa Phonograph Museum. The turntable sits under the lid and the horn is hidden inside, and with it went the look of the talking machine as a gadget.