Grace Tone Arms

good arm, lets the cart sound come thru. now and then you need to adjust the bearings. test their tightness by lightly torquing the arm. any play should be immediately noticeable. small screwdrivers arent hard to find but small tools to span the holes in the bearing retainer might prove to be more of a problem. small angled needlenose pliers or tweezers might work. peruse the Time-Motion Tool catalog----timemotin.com there are some in there thqat might work. paying somone to do htis is ok but you can acxquirei the skill easily enough. just adj them for free motion without play. both planes can be adj. the imaging, and character extracted from each cart tells me that this arm is revealing enough to want it back. i only wish it had a universal headshell.. i like to change carts, oc9, grace f9e, krell, ortofon, stanton 881s, at150ml, etc. it is actually a medium mass arm, MCs are ok as long as they arent gruesomely heavy. sumiko used to supply a dialable vta adj, good luck finding one of those, wish id gotten one when they still imported the arm.

good arm, lets the cart sound come thru. now and then you need to adjust the bearings. test their tightness by lightly torquing the arm. any play should be immediately noticeable. small screwdrivers arent hard to find but small tools to span the holes in the bearing retainer might prove to be more of a problem. small angled needlenose pliers or tweezers might work. peruse the Time-Motion Tool catalog----timemotin.com there are some in there thqat might work. paying somone to do htis is ok but you can acxquirei the skill easily enough. just adj them for free motion without play. both planes can be adj. the imaging, and character extracted from each cart tells me that this arm is revealing enough to want it back. i only wish it had a universal headshell.. i like to change carts, oc9, grace f9e, krell, ortofon, stanton 881s, at150ml, etc. it is actually a medium mass arm, MCs are ok as long as they arent gruesomely heavy. sumiko used to supply a dialable vta adj, good luck finding one of those, wish id gotten one when they still imported the arm.

Sorry Br, took a long time to spot your post.Grace 707 been around for 20 years! If i remember correctly, it's a very fine t/arm which my peers backthen fit onto the legendary Linn LP12. Its designed for both mm & mc cartridges, however for the heavier(generally)mc, Grace supplied add-on counterweight attachment ring over the basic one just for mc's. Check yours if its there. I'm sure someone(long service!)in Linn UK be able to help you.Sorry cannot tell you more about Grace, was it made in Japan?? I heard it used nicely with Fidelity Research (FR)mc's series, not sure whether it's still available. Check the used sources. I don't think there's problem using any mm cart. of your choice, just ensure the add-on counterweight is first removed for the setup. Happy hunting. Phil.