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The Thorens Dept.


-- Detailed Info pages for various models of Thorens turntables including the Thorens TD124, Thorens TD150, Thorens TD160, Thorens TD125, -- Thorens TD126, all with inside-the-box photo documentation. Manuals. Service Manuals. Modifications and repairs.

-- Reader's Note: It's a table of contents page.- use scroll

-- Thorens Parts List (from 1999)

-- Thorens production data various models and dates of production.

-- Thorens Tonearm vital dimensions, various models



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-- Thorens history 1883 - 1999

A corporate history of the company is found within the archives at the old production facility in Lahr. This and other key documents become the basis for the page.

 

          

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Recent Articles:
 
Updated: Notes on the TD124

-- One Tale for Two Turntables; The AR and the TD150 by Steve Clarke

-- Takeaways from Swiss Precision, your humble webmaster's review of the book "Swiss Precision: The Story of the Thorens TD 124 and Other Classic Turntables", by Joachim Bung. 2nd ed - English Language.

-- Book Review: Deutsche Perfektion, The History Of The Legendary EMT Turntable by Stefano Pasini (with some significant Thorens content)

-- http://www.stefanopasini.it/images/Thor1215.pdf  an informative Thorens history article by Dr. Stefano Pasini. (highly recommended)

-- Updated: The TD124 in Slate Project

-- A Papst Cage Rotor Motor in a Thorens TD124

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-- The Thorens Gallery For hundreds of gallery photos of the various Thorens models sent in by their owners from all round the planet.



-- TD124 Dept (click on link to go there)


-- TD 125 Dept


-- TD126 Dept



-- Thorens TD150 Dept

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-- TD 160 Dept. 

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-- Manuals: Factory user and service manuals.  Downloadable and free. 
    Thorens Spare Part Numbers The official factory list from just before foreclosure.
    Thorens factory product technical drawings
    Vintage Thorens product brochures

 

 

   (click) Package from an original Thorens Q-UP.... Now quite rare.

-- This was an inexpensive add-on to provide an automatic arm-lift at end of play for manual players.

-- Restoring Thorens Reference No. 034

-- Rolf Kelch Electronics

-- Restoring a Thorens Reference - Rolf Kelch

-- Restoring a Thorens Prestige - Rolf Kelch (to be added anon)

-- Thorens Tuners:

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-- Thorens made more than just turntables. Here is a tuner they made in the mid sixties.

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   3-In-One SAE 20 Electric Motor Oil. Recommended for Thorens here at The Analog Dept.

   Available at your local hardware store.

   (Not to be confused with regular 3-In-One oil which is a much thinner viscosity lubrication.)

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-- Tweaking your Thorens:

   TP16 bits The TP16 tonearm disassembled, repaired and then reassembled and then tested.

-- Tweaking the TD125 -126 ala Rolf Kelch

-- Tweaking a TD150 with the R7 mods by Steve Clarke

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-- Thorens Links

https://www.audiosilente.com/  Located in Rome, Italy, site owner, designer, machinist Simone Lucchetti maintains a stock of useful and necessary replacement parts for the Thorens TD124 and also the belt drive models. Worth a look and well worth making contact with Simone.!

https://www.hanzehifi.nl/merken-bezigheden/thorens-garrard/thorens  (located in The Netherlands. Many parts you might want to use on your TD124 or other belt drive Thorens model.

https://www.analogue-classics.com/  English language site with info on TD124, TD150 and SME 3009 tonearms

https://www.stefanopasini.it/Audio_index_Thorens.htm  a great site with a picture history of Thorens tables.

https://www.soundfountain.com/amb/td124page.html  an informative and very useful page for the TD124. There is also some information on other Thorens models which the site author rates in terms of 2nd hand value and quality.

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