This is a 1940 Garrard GDT3 Display Turntable.

 

Company background:

The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company of Swindon, Wiltshire, was a British company that was famous for producing high-quality gramophone turntables. It was formed by the jewellers Garrard & Co in 1915. The company was sold to Plessey, an electronics conglomerate, in 1960. During the period 1976-1978, Garrard developed demonstrators of the novel video disc technology. Although the team recognised the future potential of this data storage technology, Plessey chose not to invest. After several years in decline, Garrard was sold by Plessey to Gradiente Electronics of Brazil in 1979 and series production was moved to Brazil (Manaus). The remaining Garrard research and development operation in Swindon was reduced to a skeleton operation until completely shut down in 1992. Then, Gradiente licensed the Garrard name to Terence O'Sullivan, who operated as Loricraft Audio, in 1997.

 

Date: 1940 (approx.)

Maker: Garrard

Origin: Swindon, England

 

Dimensions & Weight:

Base Diameter: 24.5 cm

Table Diameter: 25.5 cm

Height: 11 cm

Weight: 4.10 kg

 

Material: Metal, Baize

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