Dual 1229 Turntable Restoration

[@MotoFelipe]

Nice clear close ups! One of best I've ever seen. I also had to fabricate a steuerpimple and my 1219 now works good. Didn't use hot glue but interesting for sure.

[@Aintry1]

Restoring my electronic-shop-rescue 1229 was a nightmare. There are parts that have to be made from scratch if they can't be scrounged from other decks. I could never keep the 1229 in tune; the automatic stuff could be thrown out of calibration by simply lifting the deck and carrying it across the room. 😵 The 1229 has a great tonearm, but the rest of the deck is a real dog. I kept looking for ways to disengage the automatic stuff and make the 1229 completely manual, but I never succeeded. I finally decided to give the 1229 to a local audio shop and fall back on my Dual belt-drive, which represents a big improvement over the 1229 from the standpoint of reliability.

[@louisParis-m2l]

how about changing the tone arm wire harness, the wire gets stiff on bridle and effects sound, need to change. Please show this process. Thanks

[@6SecondDelay]

This turntable allows you to very accurately balance the tonearm, and dial in the exact tracking force recommended for your cartridge. By mounting a dust brush on the head shell, you're changing the tracking force to something between what you set it at and zero. Bad idea. Instead, use a hand held brush to give the record a wipe before you play it, or a brush mounted on its own arm.

[@Moejoe69]

The instructions on this Pickering cartridge says to add 1 gram to your desired tracking pressure, to compensate for the brush.

[@Moejoe69]

The brush is carbon fiber and also adds antistatic function as well as removing dust.

[@6SecondDelay]

In spite of Pickering's instructions, the whole idea of reading a microscopic groove with a stylus depends on letting that stylus rest in the groove with a precise amount of downward pressure, free of any other lateral force or vibration of any kind. A headshell-mounted brush will not just affect tracking force; the brush's fibres will themselves be tracking the grooves, generating skating forces, and transmitting vibration to the headshell as they "read" the grooves. The dust removal and anti-static functions can be achieved just as effectively with a brush mounted independently of the tone arm. Whatever you decide to do, it's good to see that you're taking care of your records. Rock on!

[@TheHallsNYC]

Are you able to offer me some guidance with one of these? The brown casing seems to move up and down a lot and the duct cover won’t slot it properly