Agnew Analog Reference Instruments

Precision Engineering and Traditional Craftsmanship

Precision Engineering

Agnew Analog Type 612 Disk Mastering Lathe — Agnew Analog Type 612 Disk Mastering Lathe and Type 602 Stereophonic Cutter Head

Agnew Analog Type 612 Lathe

Agnew Analog Type 602 Stereophonic Cutter Head

Building the first prototype of the Neumann-based AM44 lathe.

Dialing in a custom vacuum platter on a Scully lathe with a Westrex cutter head.

Caruso cutter head on a heavily modified Fairchild lathe.

Neumann cutter head on a heavily modified 1930's Fairchild lathe.

Vintage RCA cutter head on a 1930's Fairchild lathe.

Restoring and converting a 1930's Rek-O-Kut lathe for 50 Hz operation.

Direct-Drive conversion on Scully Lathe with Agnew Analog parts — Direct Drive conversion on a vintage Scully lathe with Agnew Analog Type 6114 Vacuum Platter, Type 6312 Hydrodynamic Bearing Unit, Type 631 Motor, Type 232 Motor Control Unit, Type 6412 High Precision Machine Spindle and Type 6512 Driveshaft.

Agnew Analog Type 631 Direct-Drive Motors

We solve problems involving vintage machines with rotating parts in ways which make listening to music a truly rewarding experience.

Our fields of expertise include: Analog Disk Recording Lathes and Cutter Heads, Turntables and Tonearms, Cartridges and Vinyl Records, Magnetic Tape Recorders and Reproducers, Vacuum Tube Electronics, vintage Laboratory Instruments, Precision Machine Tools, Optics, Transformers and Inductors.

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RCA Instantaneous Recorder — Vintage RCA Disk Recording Overhead

Repairing and modifying Presto cutter heads in the lab with a range of measurement instruments in the background.

Stylus shank adapters to allow Transco 320 and Adamant NSH-2 to be fitted to a Westrex 2B cutter head.

Custom vacuum platter and subplatter assembly on a Scully lathe.

Caruso cutter head on heavily modified 1930's Fairchild lathe.

Custom coil winding setup for precision transducers and cutter heads.

Heavily modified Presto lathe with custom suspension assembly.

Custom audio and power transformers and inductors.

Custom precision machined capstan for Rek-O-Kut lathe motor.

Precision milling machine, originally intended for making medical implants, working on a lathe platter.

J. I. Agnew doing super-precision machining under the microscope, on a fully restored and modified 1930's Lorch optical lathe.

J. I. Agnew at work on a fully restored 1954 Hardinge HLV precision toolroom lathe.

Hardinge HLV Super-Precision Lathe