pickup arm

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pickup arm - mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

tone arm, pickup

mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles

phonograph, record player - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

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