[Jukebox-list] Re: Rowe Ami 1100/1200 crude anti skate

On Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 06:54:00 AM PST, Nigel Pugh via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:

But, my question is, behind the reed switch are two brackets about an inch> apart. I have always thought these were a crude anti skate system.

I would be really surprised if anti-skating was a consideration in the designof this mechanism.  I mean, the tone arm is even on the wrong side.  That'snot something you do if you're concerned about delicately tracing a stereogroove.  RCA never even considered skating in the design of the 45.  Anti-skating didn't come into common use, as far as I know, until the 1970s.  Andcommercial turntables, like those used in broadcasting, never had it.