The Mellotron Group

Talking of odd designs (wooden arms, B&O lateral tracking) does 
anyone recall a TT that used a pin point laser device to scan the 
track and the reflected light was received and converted to 
electrical signal (of course)? A sort of analogue bar code reader. It 
was marketed in the early 80s and as far as I recall cost about 1000 quid here.

Big selling point was no wear on the vinyl. Maybe a great idea a bit 
to early and overtaken by the digital revolution?

Best
Nic

At 03:38 02/09/2011, john barrick wrote:
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>I remember a turntable with a wooden tone arm, didn't know the 
>name.  My favorites just for looking cool were the flying saucer 
>looking Dennons in the mid/late '70s and the Micro Seiki that had 
>mounts for three different tone arms.  I was on a budget and stuck 
>with Technics DD tables.
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>On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Gary Brumm 
><<mailto:gabru@comsec.net>gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
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>Does anyone remember the Weathers turntable?  I had one and it came 
>with a wooden tonearm carved for a specific cartridge.
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>It was 33 only and had two synchronous motors and a mercury 
>switch.  It would come up to stable speed in about a quarter turn.
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>john barrick
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>*Leo got it right the first time*
>*then he added a second pickup and got it righter*