[Christof]

I picked up a Thorens TD-145 MkII yesterday at an estate sale.  It's in overall good shape aesthetically but needs a new cover and the anti-skating weight on the TP-16 MKII arm is missing.  Does anyone have a source for this weight?

Thanks
Chris

[lumendog]

I don't know of  source, but the small weight is .6g and the large weight for those arms was 2g. INfo care of the analog dept. website
http://www.theanalogdept.com/thorens_tonearms.htm

[Christof]

Thanks for the link....
Looks like a DIY job is in order.

[GBB]

I don't know of  source, but the small weight is .6g and the large weight for those arms was 2g. INfo care of the analog dept. website
http://www.theanalogdept.com/thorens_tonearms.htm

Actually the numbers you are quoting are for the TP11 tonearm, not the TP16 II. 
I've got a Thorens TD524 table which uses the TP16 III L tonearm, which is a close relative of the TP16 II.  My tonearm doesn't have an antiskating weight.  Antiskating is controlled magnetically - there is a small dial at the right hand side of the pivot that let's you adjust it.  According to the TD145 manual on the vinylengine website, the TP16 II handles antiskating in the same way.
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/thorens/td145.shtml
(http://downloads.nakedresource.com/download_centre/index.php?thorens/thorens_td145mkii_user.pdf)

---Gary

[Christof]

Gary

You are absolutely right.  Upon closer inspection I see that the very fine wire is not meant to have a weight hanging from it.  I should have sat down and really looked this arm over rather than assuming there was a missing weight...sweet