Garrard Spring Motor for EMG?

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Garret
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Garrard Spring Motor for EMG?

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Hello, all!

I spotted this motor on eBay and had a few questions, as curiosity has gotten the better of me. Is the motor circled a Garrard spring motor? What is the purpose of the lever in the upper left hand corner? Is this the sort of Garrard that went in the EMGs?

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Many thanks for your insight!

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Re: Garrard Spring Motor for EMG?

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Oops. Wrong Forum. :oops:
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Re: Garrard Spring Motor for EMG?

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I suspect that lever is for an auto-stop mechanism which would be tripped by the tonearm. As far as I know, EMG never used auto-stops, but the motor itself certainly looks Garrard to my eyes.

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Re: Garrard Spring Motor for EMG?

Post by mf77 »

It may also be a Collaro. They sometimes used a bedplate almost identical to what Garrard used, and I have seen a few Collaro's with the auto-stop level like this one has.
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