[BC] Turntable arms

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

Ah, yes, Rich; that would be the Fairchild 750s, with the 36 pound platter
(got a pair). With a new belt and cleaning, they would come up  to sped in a
quarter turn, but belt life was very poor. (Also have two older models; the
two speed worm drive model is much smoother than the next model  after it
which had gear and belt drive.)
Actually, the RCA model 70 C or D were a tad heavier built than the
Fairchilds (I gave two 70Cs to the state museum where they're displayed in
the broadcast booth with the RCA 250D xmtr. Gave away two 70Ds to friends,
also.)
Just for looks, I want a Gray 208B on a Gates CB-11.....
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Turntable arms


> ------ At 08:05 PM 7/18/2005, Phil Alexander wrote: -------
>
> >A good choice if you mean the CB-500, but don't forget about the
> >16" Rec-O-Kut and the 16" Fairchild. The Fairchild was direct
> >drive and built like a battleship - make that a HEAVY battleship -
> >Iowa class. That TT is one of the reasons God invented slip cueing.
>
> At WJIB(FM) Boston we used the belt driven Fairchilds with Shure SME
> arms and Shure V-15 Type II cartridges. I'm convinced the platters
> were made of laminated manhole covers. Surprisingly our audio was so
> good we could hear the belt seams as they passed the drive pulley.
> We'd buy spares and use the smoothest ones. Fortunately you could
> stop them in time to cue the next record.
>
> Rich