Thorens pic of the day

Posted by user510 on May 24, 2015 at 16:01:44

I have new photos in from Germany. Joachim Bung sent these in. Joachim is the author of the book "Swiss Precision". He has recently had one of his TD121 models carefully restored by Jurg Schopper in Switzerland. Joachim offered some notes about the TD121, which I have copied and pasted below. He also sent a few photos of the player with different tonearms mounted. (he collects vintage tonearms.)

Above: a TD121 with a Shure Dynetic M216 tonearm mounted.

Joachim's comments:

" just a few details concerning my TD121, which came to market in 1962. This budget model was NEVER sold in Europe. It was only sold in the US and Canada in very limited quantities - only about 2,000 were made. The motor only worked with 117V/60hz current and could not be switched to 230V/50hz. so I had to buy an extra E-50 motor for Jurg Schopper who restored my TD121, to use in Germany. Sales of the TD121 were really poor. Even in 1968 it was still available - when Stereophile recommended the table with ADC Pritchard arm as part of a mid-priced hi-fi set."

Here's the TD121 with a Rek-O-Kut tonearm.

The rather interesting cue device is an Auriol Pickup. Kinda' rare these days.

He's got some more photos posted at the link below.

-Steve

Joachim's TD124 mkII and TD121 (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Thorens pic of the day - user510 16:01:44 05/24/15 (1)

RE: Thorens pic of the day - goblin141 20:22:03 05/26/15 (0)

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