Dgob,
I just noticed this thread. Indeed the Glanz (pronounced "glants") cartridges were a brand of Mitachi Onkyo Seisakusho, which also made tonearms. They were an OEM brand for a number of companies in Japan. I have seen a picture of a line of ladies checking built tonearms as they roll by on a conveyor belt.
Mitachi in particular made stylus assemblies for other mfrs. In particular, I remember reading on a Japanese forum a comment by a guy who did some work on carts (the guy worked with Shibata of Shibata stylus fame). He said that Victor entrusted its stylus work to Mitachi because they were so good at it (and did not entrust it to another famous maker because they had too many stylii which came out bad). My understanding is that the Z-1 was made there.
The company did other stuff too but went under a bunch of years ago. It was recently re-established under some other name, I think by a guy who used to do design work there. I think it is a hobby more than anything else and there are no carts involved. I seem to remember a ridiculously over-priced tonearm.
I just noticed this thread. Indeed the Glanz (pronounced "glants") cartridges were a brand of Mitachi Onkyo Seisakusho, which also made tonearms. They were an OEM brand for a number of companies in Japan. I have seen a picture of a line of ladies checking built tonearms as they roll by on a conveyor belt.
Mitachi in particular made stylus assemblies for other mfrs. In particular, I remember reading on a Japanese forum a comment by a guy who did some work on carts (the guy worked with Shibata of Shibata stylus fame). He said that Victor entrusted its stylus work to Mitachi because they were so good at it (and did not entrust it to another famous maker because they had too many stylii which came out bad). My understanding is that the Z-1 was made there.
The company did other stuff too but went under a bunch of years ago. It was recently re-established under some other name, I think by a guy who used to do design work there. I think it is a hobby more than anything else and there are no carts involved. I seem to remember a ridiculously over-priced tonearm.