Birch Manhattan 78 rpm record player

[radiotvnut]

I removed the cartridge, a Shure P30, that's the standard flat metal crystal type that's always bad. This cartridge is not screwed to the tonearm. Instead, the cartridge fits in the tonearm just tight enough to hold it.

So, my options are to either have the old cartridge rebuilt or use some type of velcro or double-sided tape to mount a more modern ceramic cartridge. Of course, a more modern cartridge won't have enough output for full volume and there's really not much extra room on the chassis to add a preamp stage. So, I may have the original cartridge rebuilt.