Columbia Restoration

[Marco Gilardetti]

One thing that looks a bit strange is the tonearm, but it may just be the angle of the photograph. If you could post more detailed close up photos it would become clearer. If the tonearm is correct the needle should just about meet the turntable spindle in the middle.

I agree that this replacement tonearm seems to fall too short from the spindle. I also suggest taking a picture from a different angle. Should the needle fall as short as it seems to do by judging from the first picture, it means that the gramophone will seriously wear out the records as it plays them, and the sound will be unsatisfactory anyway.