Hello Barry

the wooden top - I meant the trim between the cast iron plinth and the metal frame.

in fact Pasini still Hass a picture of the deck on his website:
http://www.stefanopasini.it/EMT950E_for_tweaks.htm

I also have a spare new platter for it too.

In fact Pasini gave me his book about the history of EMTs and certain serial numbers explain here they would have been used/sold - hence in Italy they had the light on the right hand side - BBC commissioned the idea body version - some 929's have a slightly shorter arm adopted for SME style head-shells as opposed to the Neumann EMT fitting. LEMO connectors are, if I recall, fitted to EMT's sold to Switzerland (don't quote me on this).

All said and done - to get the best out of an EMT it must be set up by a pro ho know his stuff - so I'll bow to the superior technician