Hello,
I just recently bought a Well Tempered Classic in fairly good condition. The three slabs of the plinth are somewhat misaligned, which I understand is a relatively common issue with this type of spinner, but technically it seems to be working ok. The tonearm on the other hand seems to have been dismantled as some stage, since the metal rod which runs through the two sliding bars in the arm attachment, is missing. This rod holds the sliding bars level in the horizontal plane, while allowing the bars to slide closer to, of further away from each other to alter the anti skating compensation. The threaded wire that operates the sliding motion of the bars is still there, luckily. Can anyone tell me if this specific item is still available as spare part, or can I using something as a substitute? If so, I would like to know the exact dimensions of the piece.
Furthermore, I need to mount the cartridge, which doesn't look like an easy job for starters, but is made even more difficult since I cannot detect any kind of color coding on the tonearm leads....is there a (simple) way to figure out which leg on the cartridge matches which tonearm lead?
Hints and tips are very welcome, any help is much appreciated. Really looking forward to using this wonderful player!
Thanks, Hans