Welcome to the official X page. Established in 1960 by Coventry born engineer/designer David Gammon. Manufacture of accessories, tonearms & turntables.
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Design Awards | 1971
David Gammon with the late HRH Princess Margaret after receiving his design award.
Flats now occupy the original Transcriptors factory which was located at 2 Theobald Street in Borehamwood. We were here from 1968 until 1973. Even though we moved to a new factory in Ireland, we still had offices here until 1975.
A Clockwork Orange | 1971
David supplied a Hydraulic Reference turntable to the late Stanley Kubrick for use in his classic film after a visit to his Borehamwood factory. Chief engineer Bill Cheney was sent by David to take the turntable to Elstree film studios. After filming had finished, the turntable disappeared from the set and its whereabouts remain a mystery to this very day.
The original phono plugs we used on our tonearms were manufactured by Pressac in Nottingham who also supplied us with the mains plug and socket. They were discontinued way back in the 1980's.
The Michell Connection | 1973
Transcriptors relocated to Carlow in Ireland after David was offered a brand new factory wich would allow him to have all production in-house without the need of third-party companies. David and John signed a contract which was known as the 'Technical Agreement' with Joan Nelson as witness. John purchased an 'off the peg' company called Groatrealm Limited in 1973 which he would change to J A Michell Engineering in April of the same year. and would start manufacturing the Hydraulic Reference under license. Some of the branded Michell units are actually Transcriptors units which David left John to get started in the turntable industry. The agreement ran from April 1973 until it was cancelled in November 1977.
