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Below are 3 pic's of a reproducer that I had for at least 10 years. I held on to it hoping that at some point I would acquire a proper machine for it .

The question I have for our members is do all Longthroat Exhibition reproducers have a serial No. stamped on to the back mounting surface?? As you can see this has none... This appears to be brass.

I have always suspected that this was not completely original because of the lack of serial number and the limit pin but it definitely has quite a bit of age to it and looks very well made if it is a reproduction.

Thanks in advance
Blizz

What you have is a later tonearm type Exhibition reproducer, that has been machined and reworked to be used as a long throat front mount Exhibition.
This has been a pretty common practiced for many years because original long throat Exhibitions can be hard to find.

Larry Crandell

Hi Blizz,

It is an original Exhibition reproducer, but it has been machined with a brass insert to imitate an original longthroat.

All original longthroats have a serial #, use inset screws, and have a roundhole needle chuck with knurled nuts.

Cheers, Bob S.

They would all have a locating pin as well too, right?

Best,
Fran

They would all have a locating pin as well too, right?

Yes!, (sometimes broken off).

Zwebie wrote:

They would all have a locating pin as well too, right?

Yes!, (sometimes broken off).

Thanks Bob.

Fran

Thanks everyone.. I appreciate the education.

blizz