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In Reply to: Losing my 18 year old daughter! posted by tesla on June 12, 2015 at 06:20:34:
I just packed a speaker for the USPS. I first placed large bubble wrap over the grille followed by a continuous envelope of cardboard around the speaker allowing for a double layer of cardboard over the grille area. I also cut cardboard pieces for the top and bottom. I then placed the speaker in a larger box surrounded by two inches of foam pellets on all sides. Everything made it just fine.The turntable is the hardest part, and there are tons of ideas. I always remove the platter, bubble wrap it , then place it under the turntable. I next remove the headshell and place it into a pvc tube. I cut about an inch long groove in the pvc tube length wise and slide the cartridge inside the tube with the finger lift placed into the inch long groove. I make sure the pvc tube and inch long groove are adequate to keep the stylus and cantilever from touching any surface. I plug each side of the tube with cotton balls and tape both ends.
The hardest part is now protecting the tonearm. On my last shipment, I cut a large cardboard tube in half length wise and placed and taped that over the tonearm without touching the arm. I also made sure the tonearm was secured in the tonearm rest and supported underneath with bubble wrap. Some people also remove the counterweight. I then placed large bubble wrap on either side of the tonearm to extend over the entire top of the table and up to the height of the cardboard tube.
If there are feet on the bottom, I usually remove those and start wrapping the bubble wrap around the table in both directions. I do that until I can place the whole wrapped table in any position.
I then find a large enough box for the platter, the wrapped table and the headshell. I place foam peanuts on the bottom followed by the wrapped platter, followed by the wrapped table, and place the headshell along the side or top. I then fill the outer box with foam peanuts on all sides and the top, so that nothing can move inside. Close it up and send it on its way with enough insurance to equal what the table currently sells for on eBay.
Sorry about the length, but this just worked for me with a Thorens TD-160.
The last thing to consider with the turntable is a way to tightly secure any sub platter or sub chassis. Hopefully your table has hold down devices built in.
Edits: 06/12/15
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