I thought that it was just the stylus that my kid broke on my turntable. The record player sat idle for years as a result.

I bought an upgraded stylus, which arrived today. However, after re-situating items in my setup to connect the ‘table, and pulling a crate of records out of storage, I learned the drive belt was wrapped around the gears in the mechanism under the platter. Unwinding the belt and returning it to its proper position was too little, too late.

I’m guessing there was probably some grinding or something stopped and was forced, unbeknownst to me, during a play session with a box of grandma’s 45s.

I believe I had personally played a single record when It was initially connected. In the intervening time I had been focused on converting digital media.

Today I’d love to play and convert analog media, but that project will have to wait.