About Us
New England Victrola & Clock
New England Victrola & Clock Restorations & Remanufacturing was started by Jon Sheffield in 2014. with more than 20 years in the refurbished office furniture business, working as a musician and doing his own mechanics work, restoring Victrola Phonographs and clocks just seemed a natural progression. With an eye for detail, nothing is missed and all restorations are extensive and detailed.
if you have been thinking about buying an antique Victrola phonograph or mantel clock and want something that looks outstanding to put in your home or office? look no further, we have a great selection of Victrola phonographs and clocks restored to museum quality at affordable prices.
Why purchase a remanufactured Victrola?
Unfortunately most Victrola’s out there in original condition have not been taken care of over the years and were improperly stored in basements, attics, storage sheds and other unsuitable locations because when radio and vinyl records came out and they were no longer all the rage and considered obsolete.
The fragile original shellac finish on many crank phonographs is almost always ruined beyond reasonable repair and in a lot of cases, black or alligatored or both. The spring motors originally were lubricated with something similar to Vaseline and graphite, this is almost always dried up and as hard as a rock. Victrola phonographs were very well made and used beautiful wood veneers that can normally only be seen in their entire beauty if they were either very well taken care of in the first place or restored like the Victrolas I sell.
Now that these phonographs are 100 years old or more and records have become popular again, a fully restored high end Victrola like this can be not only entertaining to discover old 78 recorded music that some of which was never released on any other format, a beautiful addition to any home and can also become a cherished family heirloom.
I truly believe that the restoration methods I use will withstand the test of time and preserve these phonographs well into the future and beyond the original intended life of the phonograph. The others that have been neglected and are falling apart will slowly get scrapped, parted out etc. making the ones left in good condition more and more rare if they were not already to begin with.