Blast from the past in the 21st century…
The hydraulic reference turntable was originally designed by David Gammon in 1964 and was the first turntable to employ the belt-drive system in Europe and to exposed all its mechanical components, a design approach which all turntable manufacturers adopt today. Amongst its many features were hydraulic speed control, vacuum operated reed switch and the latest in main bearing designs which incorporated a brand new engineering material, PTFE.
It has been used in many films and television ads including the classic 1972 film by the late Stanley Kubrick ‘A Clockwork Orange. The turntable also won a design award in the same year which was presented to David Gammon by late HRH Princess Margaret. It can also be found on display at the MoMa in New York and also Japan.
• Acrylic Lid Three piece construction, bonded and polished.
• Platter 305mm diameter cast and machine aluminium alloy fitted with six 24k gold plated brass platter weights. Total weight five kilogrammes and statically balanced to within three grammes. The record is supported on soft rubber pads thereby reducing rumble and induced static to an absolute minimum.
• Main Bearing Slim sectioned ball-ended ground and polished steel spindle running onto a hardened steel thrust pad and into PTFE bushes (PTFE is a plastic material having a lower coefficient of friction than any other solid and requires no lubrication).
• Motor Single-phase synchronous recoil start.
• Power Requirements 115vac or 240vac 50hz/60hz.
• Speeds 33/3 and 45 r.p.m.
• Speed Control +/- 2% of nominal.
• Speed Indication Neon-lit stroboscope geared up 6:1 to give a six degree reading
for a one degree variation in platter speed.
• Drive Thin sectioned neoprene drive belt.
• Wow and Flutter 0.01% at 33/3 r.p.m.
• Rumble Not measurable.
• Dimensions 438mm x 432mm x 178mm.
• Accessories Supplied with sweep arm and stylus brush.
• Guarantee 2 Years.
• Arm boards Available for most current and classic tone arms