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RE: BIC 960 Turntable

Posted by Richard Steinfeld on December 28, 2011 at 21:53:42:
You've made a good point, Doug.

And now that you mentioned it, I just remembered that BIC used more than one motor type. In fact, I've seen two, maybe three. So, we may not be talking about the same motor. One style, in particular, seemed to suffer from a slipping rotor, giving a characteristic "sick pitch syndrome" as it slipped on the shaft. This is fixable. The motor must be pried apart.

I don't have enough experience with the other one or two types to be able to comment on them. By the way, a woman once came into my shop with a version of this machine that was a manual player without the changer mechanism. She told me that she'd assembled it as a simple kit. I wish that I could remember more about it, but my mind is blank beyond this. I remember that I liked the thing. I did something to it, and I can't remember what that was, either.