Remember the "Keith Monks" unipivot with the damping goo and the mercury contacts instead of wire? What a nightmare! The mercury(in exposed little tubs) would get dirty and the thing would hum. I used to have to clean the mercury tubs out and replace the mercury for the customers. Aaarrrgggghhhh. Sounded pretty good though, with high compliance cartridges, on a Linn in the old days.
Re: Remember 'Mayware' uni-pivot tonearms?
My first tonearm, was an old english make, Mayware, and was a unipivot model. Only had one jeweled pivot point, so friction was less than the current gimbal systems. I am curious if uni-pivots are still being manufactured. Mayware seems to have disappeared these years! If you know, or just contribute to the 'whatever happened to' theme of this msg, please do. Used2b1
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