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Armboard, Arm, and Cartridge Installation and
Setup:
Note - the following steps are copied from our
Triplanar Tonearm Mounting
Guide
which you can reference directly in the Triplanar section of our website.
In that section you will find both photos and documentation of several popular
cartridges we have used on this tonearm.
The information on the Triplanar can translates to installation of most other
tonearms, with few exceptions:
•
Orienting the armboard
•
Aligning the tonearm to orient it in its rest position (parked on the arm
rest)
•
The physical attachment of the arm to the armboard
Of course, we recommend that you follow your manufacturer's specific mounting
instructions. Contact us for help with your particular tonearm. In general, we will
drill your armboard for your tonearm. There are some cases where we must
have the tonearm in our possession to do so.
Some arms have a mounting plate which must first be installed on the armboard.
These instructions make reference to the Stelvio armboard (the damping cylinder
reference).
The standard armboard has no damping cylinder attached to its under side but its
mounting geometry is identical to the Gavia armboard which comes standard
with both the Gavia and Serac turntables.
5.1 Sample Installation – Triplanar Tonearm
Note that the Schroeder Reference and the Triplanar are unique in one respect.
Both the Triplanar and Schroeder Reference tonearms have mounting centers
which are offset from the tonearm pivot.
This means that when you orient the tonearm in it's rest position (by rotating the
arm about its mounting center), you are changing the pivot to spindle distance.
While the Schroeder Reference mounting differs slightly from the Triplanar, the
principle is the same, and steps outlined below should help guide you through
this orientation procedure.
Most other arms are much simpler in this respect. Once you have set the pivot to
spindle distance by rotating the armboard, you may rotate the tonearm to set its
orientation when parked on the arm rest without affecting the pivot to spindle
distance.
5.2 Arm and Armboard installation
Materials for this step: