Hi, I acquired these 2 turntables and I am trying to find out more about them. Bought them that inherited them from his uncle, whom stated that he purchased them from a radio station in Macon Georgia years ago. I saw them and liked the way they looked so I purchased them. After getting them home and looking at them good, started researching them. One is a Fairchild 412 with a rarely seen original Fairchild tonearm before they were replaced with Micro-Trak tonearms. With a VR22 Cartridge. It also has a cueing knob added to the turntable. The other one is a Rek-O-Kut B-12H. With a Shure V15 Type ll cartridge. Both turn tables power on and spin. I don't have any documentation of Radio station ownership but the way they are set up from what I am told is typical for broadcast use.
Help to find out more about 2 vintage turntables.
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Well, there's probably as much information about the RoK as you might want in the various Rek-o-kut threads in this forum. It's good enough that it would benefit from a proper arm upgrade. Top motor, and idler replacements/upgrades abound.
The 412 is pretty serious kit but they aren't as popularly talked about as the idler driven models, so I'm not sure where to point you there. I know a few owners have chimed in here over the years though. As with most vintage dual belt systems it's a bit of a choose your own adventure situation as direct replacements are harder to find.
The 412 is pretty serious kit but they aren't as popularly talked about as the idler driven models, so I'm not sure where to point you there. I know a few owners have chimed in here over the years though. As with most vintage dual belt systems it's a bit of a choose your own adventure situation as direct replacements are harder to find.
Both of these tables will respond well with tonearm and cartridge improvements !
Nice turntables. Clean them and enjoy them.