What Tone Arm Is On 100C?

I have a 100C I'm restoring.
The mechanism has a red tome arm that has a "stereo" label on it.
This can't be the original. Can anyone out there tell me what
color/type and Seeburg number it should be, and what cartridge
it should have. And also my best shot at where I could get one?
Thanks
Bill D

The "C" originally used a mono tonearm; that particular tonearm was used on
all Seeburg mono jukes from the M100B through the J100/JL100. The tonearm
used a cartridge made by Pickering commonly known used a "red head"; it looks
similar to the stereo unit on your juke, but was narrower.

It was not unusual for operators in the sixties to replace the original
tonearm with a stereo one; the cartridges and styli used on the mono jukes
didn't perform well with stereo 45 RPM records (bad sound and record wear).
Several after-market companies (Wico) sold conversion sockets with a single
pair of pins that would plug in to the existing mono tonearm socket, and a set
of four sockets to accomodate a stereo Pickering cartridge (usually with the
yellow diamond styli).

The "red head" cartridges are commonly replaced by "conversion" cartridges
that do a better job handing stereo records. Trouble is, those conversion
cartridges are made of unobtanium - typically sell for $200+ on eBay.

Try www.jukeboxparts.com for a replacement tonearm.

Joseph "Tony" Dziedzic

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I have a 100C I'm restoring.
The mechanism has a red tome arm that has a "stereo" label on it.
This can't be the original. Can anyone out there tell me what
color/type and Seeburg number it should be, and what cartridge
it should have. And also my best shot at where I could get one?
Thanks
Bill D

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I have a 100C I'm restoring.
The mechanism has a red tome arm that has a "stereo" label on it.
This can't be the original. Can anyone out there tell me what
color/type and Seeburg number it should be, and what cartridge
it should have. And also my best shot at where I could get one?
Thanks
Bill D

Bill

It sounds like someone converted the unit with a later model tone arm.
Probably a "T" needle cartridge setup. That’s good news for you
because you don't have to do the conversion yourself. There are those
that would say that was bad news and that you should replace with a
mono tone arm and retro fit with a PICKERING 345-03D CARTRIDGE . The
ladder option is rather $$$ just follow this auction for the cartridge
only on E-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=13 723

If I were you I would purchase a new set of stereo T needles for your
current set up $14 a piece and try it out. If you don't like the sound
then you can go for the big bucks 345-03D set up. I'll even trade you
a mono tone arm for your T needle set up. Vern Tisdail is working on a
replacement cartridge of this type. I am waiting for this to develop.

Bob