"Andy" wrote in message
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Well, what is the worst that could happen if you spent a coupla bucks
on a ceramic element and it didn't work as well ?

I suspect that the next step would be to find the cost of a
compatible
replacement cartridge and decide if it is worth the extra money.....

Probly not..... Sometimes you have to spend a few bucks just to
find stuff out...

I would, personally, never consider repairing the inside of a phono
cartridge. It's too tiny. Throw some bucks at the problem. That's the
American way :))))) !!!

Andy in Texas


Thanks for the comments, Andy. Actually, the cartridge in this 1952 phono
I'm working on is luxuriously spacious. Overall, the cartridge is about 2"
long and 3/4" wide. I only had to drill out four rivets to open the shell.
The space for the crystal is over 1/2" wide and fully 1" long. This was
obviously made before the word "miniaturization" took root in the
electronics industry.

And I follow your logic completely. It will cost me a big 75c to try this
piezo see how it works. Compare that to $50 for a rebuilt cartridge, and you
can probably guess which I will try first.

But it never hurts to see what experiences others have had first. No point
in learning the same lessons over again.