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On another thread there was a reference to the above, I think I've seen two of these beasties on Ebay over the last few years but didn't bid since they
a) Looked rough as guts and
b) I knew nothing at all about them
Are they any good? Being Australian I'm most curious if we did at some time turn out a good world class turntable. The word "Commonwealth" springs to mind as the possible name they carried.
Hal55
Both Frank Schroeder and Thomas Schick have fabulous examples of these Aussie broadcast TTs in their collections. Have a look on Google images. My favourites are the 16" Byer and the Commonwealth 12D - Schick had a 12D at the Munich show in a new Schick plinth with his new 10.5" arm. Schick's 16" Byer debuted previously in a huge Dan Dare-style plinth and was christened "Liebenthal", or something similar. Melbourne seems to be good hunting ground for these as I think that's where they were made, along with the Orpheus TTs. People were picking them up for pennies but they are now quite expensive. I nearly bought a 12D at the weekend but wasn't comfortable with the deal - as usual be wary if buying on ebay.
Regards
Jon'.
P.S. Mods - can we move this to Idle Vice please?
After posting this I did look at Vinylengine and found that they were indeed "Commonwealth" but absolutely no other information. I take it that they are in fact rather good - I've previously restored an SP 10 and for curiousity's sake would like to do one of these. Had no idea that were a sought after item and will keep an eye out for them.
Any other information anyone?
Hal55
Any thoughts I had of doing one up went out the window when I saw the price on this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/COMMONWEA...t_10957wt_1344
Gawd, an SP10 body goes for a fraction of that!
Hal55