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20th Dec 2016, 8:52 pm | #21 |
Dekatron
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Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.
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Re: New book: "The Garrard Story"
Mine arrived today, nicely packed. I almost did a youtube 'opening the box' video (not..). I've only just flicked through the pages as yet, but it certainly looks nice.
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Octode
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Location: Wallasey, UK.
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Re: New book: "The Garrard Story"
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I'm afraid the definitive book on the the Garrard idlers still remains to be written. |
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7th Jan 2017, 11:41 pm | #23 |
Hexode
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Re: New book: "The Garrard Story"
I received mine (a fully paid-for copy...I have no connection with the family other than through contact in Internet forums)...several days ago.
I appreciate the criticisms but see the book's topic as primarily the "biography" of a great audio and record-player company and its history, and though its products play a role, it is secondary, supporting. It is thus NOT intended as a "definitive book about Garrard idlers." The book is a good read and I feel it is easily worth the modest price. Few other big audio companies could have had their stories told by someone as close to the "action" through as much of a long company history as Garrard. Fortunately we have the memoirs of Edmund Mortimer, who assembled the very first Garrard and remained there until his retirement around 1970. By then his son Brian was a key Garrard employee, remaining until Garrard had been sold to the Brazilians, and he oversaw setting up production lines there (after which he was sacked). Both have a not inconsiderable literacy, which helps bring the company's story to life, from its small beginnings to its peak in 1974 and through its decline. It's not all about Garrard's triumphs. The major role in Garrard's decline played by Plessey, the electronics conglomerate that bought Garrard as a cash cow but then starved it to death, is told of, too. Of technical interest: a series of articles by Edmund Mortimer about Garrard electric motors, the 401 transcription turntable, production techniques for Autoslim-chassis record changers, the Lab 80 automatic transcription turntable, servicing of household and high quality record players, and the Synchro-Lab 95 auto turntable with its revolutionary induction/synchronous motor, patented by Garrard and licensed worldwide to Dual and the Asians. Last edited by GP49000; 8th Jan 2017 at 12:00 am. |