I appreciate your suggestions, Markd51 and T_bone. I checked the arm on the PX-3, and it does appear that there are two screws holding the arm tube to the housing in which it fits at the back of the arm on the bottom of the housing, so it may be possible to loosen them and rotate the arm itself. Getting to the screws may be a challenge. In looking at the arm, the slots for the bayonet pins look vertical, but it is hard to say for sure. The pin on the headshell, however, does not look perpendicular to the top of the headshell, so I suspect that the problem may lie there. The headshell does not have an azimuth adjustment, and it looks as though it is glued together. I have ordered the Sumiko HS12. Maybe that will take care of the problem. Thanks very much for replying to my inquiry.
Are there any headshells with adjustable canting?
I have a Yamaha PX-3 linear tracking turntable. The headshell that comes with the table cants when it is mounted in the arm so that the top of the headshell (and, thus, the cartridge) leans: Looking at the cartridge from the front when mounted in the arm, the headshell leans to one side, causing the stylus to lean, as well. I am not sure whether the arm tube is not perfectly aligned or whether the mounting pin on the headshell that slides into the arm is not perfectly aligned. If there is a headshell that allows rotating the assembly about the lengthwise axis of the headshell, that should fix the problem. Does anyone know who may make such a thing? Thanks very much.
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