Michell Engineering Record Clamp Please see our Ebay Michell shop. We stock almost any Michell part Black Delrin record clamp with anodised aluminium knob for use on GyroDec, TecnoDec, or third-party turntables. Modern vinyl records are thin, flexible and often warped or bowed. As most records do not lie flat on the turntable platter, sound reproduction suffers due to undamped vinyl resonances caused by the stylus riding on an unsupported record. Records which are bowed downwards contact the platter at the outer edge but not in middle. Conversely, records that are warped or bowed upwards tend to rock on the platter. In these instances anti-skating compensation is less effective and record wear is increased substantially by the lateral or vertical see-saw motion .
