How rare is a Nagaoka TS10 cartridge?

[Vintagebarry]

I have this on the end of a alpherson opel arm on a thorens td150 Mk2. carnt find much about it. I wanna sell it all!!

 

[Vintagebarry]

I have this on the end of a alpherson opel arm on a thorens td150 Mk2. carnt find much about it. I wanna sell it all!!

 

[Craig B]

TS-10 was the Stilton Audio modified version of Nagaoka MP-10 (tan/beige coloured stylus knob). Stilton removed the Pocan mounting block and substituted their own round alloy block with enclosed mounting holes, and fit a wee Stilton badge over the gap left at the top of the stylus knob. They also lightly glued the stylus assembly on over the plastic block that holds the fixed disc magnet above the back of the cantilever, which was problematic for some when eventual removal of the stylus caused this block/magnet to pull off with, meaning that, if this went unnoticed, the new stylus equipped cartridge would have virtually no output level, only some residual left in the 'moving permalloy'.

Stilton Nagaoka pictured below. Notice the fuzz sticking to the residual adhesive where the fixed magnet block used to be located at the front.

Original Nagaoka MP11 Boron (that mounting block was never a weak link):

 

[Vintagebarry]

Thanks for the interest. I could show you pictures but didn't know how to on here?

 

[Craig B]

Came across this instruction sheet in the archives here. Seems Stilton had redesigned their mounting plate and incorporated a 3rd bolt that simulated 3-point mounting by bearing against the underside of a suitably hard headshell "such as magnesium alloy" .