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-- Thorens Reference No. 34
-- Posted Sept. 2006
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-- Above: uncovered at a NYC residential garage.
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-- photos above supplied by Rolf Kelch
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Posted 7/15/2008
photos supplied by owner
Owner comments:
" Great thanks to Rolf Kelch for locating the
missing parts, and an unnamed (Soviet) turntable design engineer for a
fantastic ground-up restoration job. Some of the things I can mention is
that the turntable originally was filled with steel discs. The steel was
rusting and damaging the paint. These were replaced with lead shot. The
original gold plated steel hardware was replaced with gold plated
stainless steel. The original suspension looked very ugly and was
replaced with stainless steel cables and crimps. The paint closest to
the original was found to be Cadillac White Diamond Pearl (model year
2005). Really thick 24 Karat gold plating was a little darker than
original but a perfect match to the SME V Gold. All wiring and
connectors were replaced.... also some questionable IC's and
transistors. All wet capacitors were replaced because of marginal
readings. The custom table was made from 20mm thick solid aluminum plate
with four 100 x 75mm legs filled with sand.
Sincerely,
Happy #34 Owner."