tone arm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tone arm
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The way that I listen when I’m truly enthralled by a particular piece of music certainly feels like a crush—picking up the tone arm, hitting the back button, refreshing the browser, over and over.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 26, 2018
A Grammy Award is made of a base, a cabinet and a tone arm that holds the bell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
After the pieces are cast, they go through a series of filing, sanding and polishing processes, and the gramophone cabinet and tone arm are plated in 24-karat gold.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2017
He jokes that he may have invented scratching, the now familiar hip-hop technique, when somebody bumped into his turntable and sent the tone arm skittering across one of the records.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 7, 2014
Someone trying to change a record dropped the tone arm down and broke the crystal.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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