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Miyabi retip - the best options

Friends, call it my ignorance but only recently I learnt that there is no more Miyabi Labs. Takeda San, the maker of the legendary Miyabi cartridges has retired from the industry. I learnt this only because I am in the market to buy a new cartridge and possibly a Miyabi (though preowned).

47 Labs in their website have mentioned that they cannot help the existing Miyabi/47 cartridge owners for retipping or servicing issues so all of them (owners) are on their own.

In such a scenario what are the other options to retip or repair a Miyabi ? It is touted as one of the best cartridges ever and there are so many happy owners, I am sure people would have explored other options to have their cartridge maintained. So can we discuss, who are the other cartridge experts worth consulting when one needs help with a Miyabi ?

The usual suspect is of course Soundsmith but I am not sure if they are good enough to re-make a Miyabi!!
pani

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nandric
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Hi Pani, As J.Carr explained in one of his post the
advantage of aluminium cantilever in comparison with
the 'exotic kinds' is that the stylus can be pressure
fitted. In all other cantilevers the stylus must be glued.
So there is then the glue between the stylus and the
cantilever. As far as I know Axel Schurholz
(www.schallplattennadel.de) is the only one who can provide
such combo. The stylus is the so called 'fine line' and is
of high quality. If I remember well Takeda san used special
kind of (aluminium) cantilever. Shorter than usual and with
different shape. I don't believe that the same cantilever
is available but the nearest you can get is by Axel.
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