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Old 14th Dec 2012, 8:47 am   #81
GP49000
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Default Re: Garrard record player deck identification.

The 440 was an upgraded 6-300. Its tonearm had a fixed counterweight and its upward-pulling spring was adjusted by a knob, with a pointer on a calibrated tracking weight scale. The user would install the cartridge, then adjust tracking weight until the tonearm was balanced, the stylus tip just above the record. The user would then turn the knob to set tracking weight; longer hash mark calibrations represented higher tracking weight; one hash mark represented a one gram increment. The 440 also had its antiskating controlled by a lever instead of a knob, with dual antiskate calibrations for spherical and elliptical styli, and a removable cartridge clip, the C4.

Like the Model 42, the 440 had different versions. The 440 had a four-pole motor and was sold as a chassis only, without plinth and cartridge. The 440M was a four-pole motor version sold with plinth and a Pickering V-15/ATE-4 magnetic cartridge; and the 440C was a two-pole motor version with plinth and a ceramic cartridge. All had the same advanced tonearm over the 6-300 and Model 42 version, and LOOKED the same from above.

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440M
440M with "Omnipack" box in which it was prepackaged (dust cover is missing).
440M antiskate control detail showing adjustment by lever, and dual scale calibrations.
440M tracking weight control detail showing adjustment by knob, and tracking weight scale
C4 cartridge clip
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