Dust off those superlatives. This original Thorens TD-124 not only speaks for itself, it starts the conversation. A perfect pairing for your premier tonearm.
Production
1957-67
Condition
9.5/10
Serial No.
58283
Orig. MSRP
DM 440 (1957)
$99.95 (1961)
Restoration
- Full 30-point service check
- New Audiosilente idler wheel
- New silicon gel decoupling mushrooms
- New power cord
- Upgraded oversized main bearing with upgraded ball on ball thrust bearing
- Fully rebuilt original motor
- Installed motor mount spring suspension
- Added new Retrotone top platter
- Isolated with Track Audio solid stainless steel feet
- Mounted on custom panga panga plinth
- Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis
Factory Specs
Speeds 4-speed variable speed (±3%)
Platter 12" Retrotone, Silver-anodized solid aluminum billet, 975gm
Drive precision built motor with extra compliant belt plus idler isolates motor vibration
Power 100/250V, 50/60Hz
Motor Fully rebuilt original
Main Bearing Oversized main bearing with upgraded ball-on-ball thrust bearing
Wow / flutter / rumble exceeds NAB specifications
Armboard replaceable tonearm mounting board for 12" and 16" arms
Idler Wheel Audiosilente 60-001, sintered bronze bushing
Tonearm Not Included
Cartridge Not Included
Plinth Custom made from Panga Panga wood
Isolation 4-point Track Audio solid stainless steel
Dimensions 18.5"W x 7"H x 15.5"D (with plinth, isolation feet and cups)
Weight 33.5 lbs.
The History of Thorens
Thorens is the oldest name in entertainment electronics, founded in 1883 by Hermann Thorens in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements, they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. In 1928, Thorens produced their first electric motor-drive record player, and went ...
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Liner Notes
"The TD 124 has long been recognized as the Rolls-Royce of transcription motors. It is as solidly made as our Garrard 301 and 401, but has one or two special features of merit. The Garrard takes its drive from a stepped pulley on the motor via a rubber-tyred idler to the turntable. The Thorens interposes a light flat rubber belt between the motor and the separate stepped pulley which drives the idler. This stepped pulley is solid with the main frame, and so prevents any motor vibration , whatever its direction, from reaching the turntable via the drive."
-R.L. West, HiFi News, July 1966
Stock No.
8196916379869
