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Orchorsol wrote:As Teak says, it's for a tin of HMV Tungstyle semi-permanent needles (called Tungstone in the US) - the tin is longer, slimmer and narrower than the usual tin shape.

Phono48 wrote:

Orchorsol wrote:As Teak says, it's for a tin of HMV Tungstyle semi-permanent needles (called Tungstone in the US) - the tin is longer, slimmer and narrower than the usual tin shape.

But don't spend a lot of cash buying a Tungstyle needle tin, that clip is vicious, and will remove the design on the tin the first time you push it in!

OrthoFan wrote:In case you don't have one, here's a PDF version of the original owner's manual --

HMV101 - Instruction leaflet - 2014D.pdf

which is also downloadable from here -- http://badonoer.blogspot.com/2015/01/in ... bling.html

HTH,
OrthoFan