quick turntable question

[Roger Kirk]

Roger Kirk wrote:
> Sid Schweiger wrote:
>> Most likely a QRK.  The wooden tonearm was made by a company out of 
>> western Massachusetts whose name escapes me for the moment.  The 
>> QRK's were real workhorses.  You couldn't destroy them.
>>   
> Was it possibly Micro Trak?  IIRC, Gray used to make tone arms, but 
> only metal.  I also remember a company called Cooks Labs.
>
> WRKO used QRKs with wooden tone arms back in 1970-1973.
Gray Wooden Tone Arm:  
http://www.dealscamera.com/Itm180417927335_48649_GRAY_RESEARCH_TONEARM_UNIQUE_.aspx

Micro-Track Arm:  
http://cgi.ebay.com/Harris-Gates-CB-1201-Broadcast-Turntable!!-_W0QQitemZ250514248588QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091015?IMSfp=TL091015194003r14281

Note the Gates-Harris clone of the QRK.