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In the Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy!
Post Subject: Valuable for Parts?Posted by Paul S on: 7/28/2011
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Yes, these and lots of other things Walker offer appear to be considerably more complicated, tweaky and vulnerable than they might be.  But you have to admit that the Super-Techno and variant Steam Punk themes turn up in a lot of the gear that sells for big dollars.  Who knows if the designers or the buyers are driving this trend?  Still, if this TT turns up on your doorstep, there's no sense in tossing it out; just mine it for parts.

For example: does Walker still use the machined lead platter for the "III"?  It used to have this made so the diameter was just narrow enough to clear inside the generally-thickened "rim" of an LP, so a "flat" LP would actually sit flat.  It also had a proprietary manual clamping system that did a pretty good job of coupling the LP directly to the (treated) lead platter.  I think these are all good ideas.  Unfortunately, this pretty much exhausts my ideas for salvagable parts from this marque.

Best regards,
Paul

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