Too, I think your assessment of the much maligned Alpine Cartridge just may be ill placed. It apparently has intrinsic value founded in the sleek & svelte design of the currently, again, much maligned Dreiling Platform as well as performance? For the cartridge to be pressed into service in the early years of the 20th Century, it had to be something more than just a fad. The Jury is still out on that for now.

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